ROME — Pope Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican Grottoes. After his ...

Pope Francis, the Catholic Church’s first Latin American pontiff, has died, the Vatican announced on April 21, 2025. He was ...

Francis' legacy cannot be measured simply by institutional statistics, but by the echo of his call: a Church that is poor and ...

As the world mourns te passing of Pope Francis, we take a moment to reflect on his lasting legacy. For me, one moment stands above the rest—his historic 2016 vi ...

Francis X. Rocca covered the Vatican and global religion for The Wall Street Journal. A native of Washington, D.C., he has ...

By Małgorzata Wojtunik, Chiara Rodriquez and Fabiano Franchitti VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Diane Karla Abano, a Filipino ...

In a small church tucked into a side street in northern China's Hebei province, a group of around 10 people gathered for ...

A former bingo hall on Cincinnati's west side has transformed into a vibrant teen ministry space offering games, support and community to local kids every Saturday night.

The man who would become Pope Francis always bought his shoes in the same place. And now the remarkably ordinary footwear has ...

The lawsuit filed in Massachusetts by Democratic attorneys general seeks to block the Department of Education from ...

Thomas Grove covers the confrontation between Russia and the West for The Wall Street Journal. He is based in Warsaw. Before that Thomas covered Russia for more than a decade and he has traveled ...

The location of North Field Airbase makes it a strategic asset for the US Air Force in the Pacific region.