The papacy of Pope Francis ended with the same core doctrine for LGBTQ+ people that he inherited: The Catholic Church still rejected same-sex marriage and condemned any sexual relations between gay or ...

This week, His Holiness Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, died. That's not really surprising. He was 88 years old, and he'd been struggling with his health for several years. Nor is it ...

As the initial wave of sadness and grief over the loss of Pope Francis begins to pass, our mourning turns to reflection about ...

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.

Celebrities who had the opportunity to meet Pope Francis during his papacy are remembering the late pontiff, sharing their ...

Celia Deane-Drummond is a theology professor at the University of Oxford and director of a research institute named after the ...

Peruvian nun Alba Socola waited in line for almost five hours with thousands of other Catholics on Wednesday to enter St.

Bishop Joseph Brennan of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno, which includes parishes in Tulare County, joined in mourning ...

People will be able to pay their respects to Francis through Friday. Given the large turnout of faithful wishing to pay ...

The body of Pope Francis was moved to St. Peter's Basilica lie in state for three days so the Catholic faithful can pay their ...

About 61,000 people have visited St. Peter’s Basilica as of Thursday afternoon to pay their respects to Pope Francis, the Vatican press office said. People will be able to pay homage to Francis ...

Pope Francis nudged the Catholic Church toward change. His successor can see it through ― or take the church back.