Pope Francis says the Catholic Church has become "obsessed" with abortion, gay marriage, and contraception, and it needs to get over it. "It is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time," ...

Just yesterday, Pope Francis began a love affair with nearly every demographic of Americans previously alienated by the Catholic church when he asked for the religious right to step off a bit from ...

To read about TIME’s choice in Spanish and Portuguese, click below. EL ELEGIDO: El Papa Francisco es la Persona del Año 2013 de TIME A Escolha: O Papa Francisco é a Personalidade do Ano eleita pela ...

To read about TIME’s choice in Spanish and Portuguese, click below. EL ELEGIDO: El Papa Francisco es la Persona del Año 2013 de TIME A Escolha: O Papa Francisco é a Personalidade do Ano eleita pela ...

German Bishop Franz Peter Tebartz-van Elst told to vacate Limburg Diocese. ROME Oct. 23, 2013— -- Pope Francis today suspended the free spending German Bishop Franz Peter Tebartz-van Elst -- ...

Queen Camilla wore an all-black outfit with a mantilla (traditional veil) to greet Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican ...

King Charles III on Thursday became the first head of the Church of England to pray publicly with a pope since the schism ...

Over 1,000 LGBTQ Catholics and their families walked through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica this weekend as part of a Jubilee pilgrimage listed on the Vatican’s official Holy Year calendar. The ...

The 100-page document traces the history of Christianity's constant concern for poor people, from Biblical citations and the teaching of church fathers to the preaching of recent popes.

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV met Monday with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church and encouraged his ministry, just days before a planned Holy Year ...