Whoever succeeds Pope Francis will inherit his momentous and controversial legacy of relations with Indigenous people ...

Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the Archbishop of Newark, is reflecting on the legacy of Pope Francis and the task ahead of choosing ...

A week after death of Pope Francis, Catholics reflect on shifts for local faith community amid church's broader ...

Bishop Edgar da Cunha, leader of the Fall River Diocese, remembered Pope Francis for his humanity and simplicity during a ...

The world's 1.3 billion Catholics paid tribute to their spiritual leader Saturday as he was laid to rest in Rome. "Sunday ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and ...

A new pope does not swoop in and openly set about undoing the legacy of another. But a lot can change as far as style, ...

The world is mourning the loss of Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21, leaving behind a legacy of compassion, humility, ...

He championed the poor while favoring ideas that keep them poor.

Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic Church in a more progressive direction while leading with compassion, openness ...

We wanted to look back on his papacy, his legacy, and also look forward to the next pope, so we asked veteran Vatican correspondent Francis X. Rocca to meet recently on the terrace of a convent in ...

But a lot can change from one pope to the next as far as style, emphasis, guidance and law. And now, the future of the church, and the endurance of Francis’s legacy, is highly dependent on the ...