On this episode of “Interesting Times,” Ross Douthat is joined by the Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit priest and the editor of ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who was convicted of financial crimes by the Vatican in 2023, is insisting that he can participate in ...

Pope Francis was a man of the people. Will the next pope be?

Peruvian nun Alba Socola waited in line for almost five hours with thousands of other Catholics on Wednesday to enter St. Peter’s Basilica and give her final farewell to the late Pope Francis ...

In America and much of the Global South, conservative churches promoting reactionary politics are growing. Catholicism could ...

Catholic cardinals from around the world are converging on Vatican City in advance of the conclave that will elect the ...

David French: I’m David French. I’m an Opinion columnist at The Times, where I write about law, politics and religion. I’m ...

Rome is always teeming, and Easter usually kicks off the long tourist season. Up to 250,000 are expected to attend the Pope's ...

In contrast, Pope Francis recognised that Christians must go “beyond the walls” to embrace humanity as a whole. In his vision ...

The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is a less traditional final resting place for a pope, as is the method by which Francis chose to be buried here. Watch to learn more. Typically, popes are buried ...

Pope Francis’s death on Monday launches the centuries-old Catholic ritual of mourning and selecting a new leader of the ...