Boston College Magazine: Many of the pope’s supporters have expressed disappointment with Francis’s decision on viri probati, or ordaining married men. Were you surprised by the apostolic exhortation?

NEWS FEATURE: Pope set to become longest reigning pontiff of 20th century c. 1998 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ John Paul II, increasingly frail in body but unbending on dogma and ...

Humankind has been a constant witness to wars and rumors of wars, but we seem to be entering a particularly conflict-cursed ...

My column last week, in which I gave a positive assessment of Pope Francis' interview on CBS News, got some blowback. There were the usual haters who don't like anything that Francis does or says.

Jacques-Benoît Rauscher, a Dominican friar and specialist in the Church's social doctrine, examines the popes' positions on ...

Pope Francis recognized the martyrdom of Father Michał Rapacz in January. The 41-year-old priest was shot twice by communist ...

Like its home diocese, the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption is weathered but still standing. And it’s being held ...

For most of Church history, the popes were important but distant figures, even to average Catholics across the globe. That began to change, of course, with the emergence of modern media.

Most of the first Italian immigrants arrived in Quincy between 1900 and 1910 during a decade when more than 2 million ...

For the first time, the Pope will participate in the G7 summit, held June 13 – 15 in the Italian region of Apulia. He will ...

Renovations to the Pope House, the historic home of one the state’s first licensed Black doctors, will expand teaching of ...

If you had an Internet connection last week, you know about Harrison Butker’s commencement address at Benedictine College. Mr. Butker’s comments on women and his interpretation of ...