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

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Hollywood has also mourned the passing of progressive Pope Francis, and even expressed concern for him before his death.

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

Pope Francis’ death fires the gun on what many see as a battle for the soul of the church – pitting those who want to ...

Liberals hoped he’d ordain women or allow gay marriage. Conservatives thought he’d tear up Church doctrine. But his papacy ...

Pope Francis transformed women's roles in the Catholic Church without changing doctrine. His legacy: creating pathways for ...

As we've been reporting, the Vatican released images of Pope Francis in an open casket dressed in red robes in the chapel of Casa Santa Marta, his home during his 12-year papacy. The images also show ...

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 ...

His death ends a historic chapter for the Catholic Church. The first Latin American pope, he opened the doors of his faith to ...

At a time when nationalism, a concept long held in contempt by Francis, is surging again in the West, the church now finds ...