Pope Francis died this morning at the age of 88, following a stroke and a heart failure, the Vatican said. Correction: An earlier version of this post misstated how many of the world’s Catholics live ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A year after Pope Francis’ death, the enduring mark of his papacy is how he changed the Church’s understanding of itself — and its place in the world. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope ...

The battle over Pope Francis’ reforms opened with a coordinated attack against guidance that eased restrictions on divorced and remarried parishioners receiving communion. Four conservative bishops ...

Pope Francis’ successor, Pope Leo XIV, has denounced the war by US and Israel and called on Iran to stop attacking its ...

Former Pope Benedict XVI died on Saturday at age 95. Born Joseph Alois Ratzinger, the German Cardinal who succeeded Pope John ...