When he was elevated to the papacy in 2013, Pope Francis was widely expected to shake up the Catholic Church, to liberals’ ...

The papacy of Pope Francis ended with the same core doctrine for LGBTQ+ people that he inherited: The Catholic Church still ...

Even though official Catholic teaching had until then put an almost exclusive stress on the importance of procreation as the purpose of marriage, the practice of the Church had always implicitly ...

Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach efforts to people of ...

He has complained that the Catholic church has been too harsh ... While upholding the church's teaching on marriage, the late pontiff also sought a more merciful approach, insisting those ...

Damian and Kimberly on their wedding day (Courtesy of author) As in our marriage, much of the ecumenical progress made between the Catholic Church and various Protestant denominations evolved ...

Liberals hoped he’d ordain women or allow gay marriage. Conservatives thought ... a publication specializing in the Catholic Church. “For every one of those, there’s a conservative Catholic ...

For Elijah Smith, who grew up Lutheran and Southern Baptist, Pope Francis' teachings that centered on social justice and ...

The late pontiff’s health concerns in recent years led to contenders to succeed him foreseeing a papabile ahead of his death ...

Pope Francis’ transformative vision for the American church made it more open, but also energized conservative resistance ...

If so, why? Have those issues been completely resolved? 5. Why are you seeking marriage in the Catholic Church? 6. What does marriage as a sacrament mean to the two of you? 7. How do you see your ...

Francis never changed church doctrine on homosexuality or budged on the question of marriage. But he offered a revolutionary ...