Adherents are reviving old practices and growing more assertive in the battle for the future of the Church—and the nation.

St. Joseph Cathedral will hold a special 7 p.m. mass honoring Pope Francis, who died the morning of April 21 at age 88. St.

They wanted to keep the 27-student St. Joseph School from closing. And they had a plan. “We just lost steam along the way.” ...

The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of ...

From working as a bouncer at a Buenos Aires nightclub to presiding over the Vatican, the path Pope Francis forged as the ...

Bells tolled in Beatrice on Monday with the news of Pope Francis' death. The Rev. Leo Kosch, pastor at St. Joseph's Catholic ...

Kochi: It was only a month since Pope Francis’ appointment as the head of the Roman Catholic Church when Jain Joseph first ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the senior Vatican official who announced Pope Francis' death on Monday morning, will serve as head of the Catholic Church until a new pope is elected, according to the Vatican ...

But, like the phoenix, St. Joseph’s Church rose from the ashes to continue to serve one of the largest Catholic congregations ...

(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) Pope Francis passed away Monday morning at the age of 88 in Vatican City. Francis had been Pope since 2013 ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was selected the latest leader of the Roman Catholic Church in 2013, when he took the name Pope Francis ...

After Pope Francis' death, the Cardinal plays a central role in the Vatican, overseeing the preparations for the conclave.