The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Tuesday signaled support for the religious rights of parents in Maryland who ...

The worldwide attention on the death of Pope Francis and the process to select a new pontiff comes as no surprise to the Very ...

A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the ...

Justices Alito and Sotomayor snapped at each other during oral arguments Tuesday as the high court considered a parental ...

An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...

Our citizens share the grief of millions of Catholics and people of faith around the world for whom the Pope served as a spiritual leader and a source of inspiration,” Gov. Brian Kemp's order says.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) told lawmakers that the bill – which proponents call medical aid in dying – has the ...

Pope Francis, the first pope from Latin America, the first from the Jesuit order and the first of his papal name, died on ...

Navarrosa, who is currently writing his thesis on the pope’s 2016 encyclical 'Amoris Laetitia,' recalls meeting Francis in ...

William, the Prince of Wales, will attend the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday on behalf of his father, King Charles III, ...

Pope Francis’s funeral will be held on Saturday, the Vatican announced, as world leaders from US President Donald Trump to ...

Local folks shared feelings of sadness, admiration and hope as they discussed the death of Pope Francis on Monday. The Argentine-born pontiff was 88. Tony Orndoff is dean of middle and high school ...