In Italy, the pope's presence is so deeply woven into daily life that even the prospect of his death is met with lighthearted ...

The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like his death.

Antônio Lemos, a Ph.D. candidate in Notre Dame’s theology department whose research focuses on migration ethics in Catholic social teaching, thought both Vance and Francis had valuable insights. He ...

In an extraordinary intervention, Pope Francis also took aim at Vice President JD Vance's theological justification for the ...

Yesterday, the Vatican said Pope Francis is reading newspapers and working from his hospital room as he continues to battle a ...

Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy ," Stewart offers a grounds-eye view of the machine that led so many ...

Adding to other pre-existing disagreements, the Roman declaration “also served ... perceived as a concession by the Catholic Church hierarchy to liberal circles trying to impose their agenda.” ...

In reality, there’s widespread fear among the hierarchy ... of Italy’s strong Catholic cultural legacy, laypeople of all backgrounds still place blind trust in the Church as an institution ...

ANALYSIS: This staunch opposition to a political party would not be the first time the German hierarchy has taken an active role in electoral politics.

Gerald Ridsdale has died in a Melbourne prison, with a lawyer who fought for his victim-survivors saying the impact of the ...