A conference this month brought together descendants of Jewish families who surrendered their silver heirlooms as part of the ...

Despite the unresolved issues that many Catholics know are long overdue, Francis achieved far more for marginalized people ...

An article that suggested ropes, not nails, held Jesus to the cross caused a firestorm. (RNS) — At the beginning of Holy Week ...

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He was a source of inspiration for many artists, even those who have nothing to do with religion, because he was a ...

Father James Martin shares personal memories and insights of his longtime champion and fellow Jesuit Pope Francis, who passed ...

Earlier this year, Pope Francis named the Rev. Emil Kapaun 'venerable,' bringing him one step closer to canonization. The ...

Musicians Janis Ian in 1981, from left, Bob Dylan in 1963, and Leonard Cohen in 2009. (Photos by Eddie Mallin/CC BY SA 2.0; ...

Pope Francis reshaped the church’s financial structures, but internal resistance and ailing revenues mean the new pope will ...

Pope Francis was a man of the people. Will the next pope be?

Target announced in January that it would phase out a handful of DEI initiatives, including a program designed to help Black ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio became a pope of many firsts: the first modern pope from outside Europe, the first whose papal name ...