Francis was elected on March 13, 2013 as the 266th pontiff — and the Catholic Church’s first Latin American pope.

Michigan's civil rights laws say employers can not discriminate, yet that's exactly what a music director from Traverse City says happened to him and that the priest lied about it to parishioners.

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate in the hospital as he received increasingly ...

A civilian search group found a gruesome site near Guadalajara, sparking outrage as authorities had raided the area months ...

St. Patrick’s Day usually conjures images of partying, Catholicism, Irish nationalism and, perhaps most famously, the color ...

Executions by firing squad are permitted in five states, but the new law will make Idaho the only state in which death by ...

Nine days after he was kidnapped, the Catholic Priest of St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Ivukwa, in the Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, Rev. Fr. Peter Ekweli, has been released by his ...

Celebrating Easter together might seem like a simple expression of union, but it can also breathe new life into efforts ...

As he enters his 13th year as pope, Francis stands tall as the moral authority in today’s world, a voice pleading for ...

Best known for his iconic film scores, Morricone’s deep Catholic faith led him to compose a Mass that now stands among his greatest works.

COMMENTARY: The Catholic life of repentance, as focused on the season of Lent, provides a path to being smarter and better.