As we celebrate Easter, let’s reflect on Jesus’ teachings and his call for his disciples to be awake to the world.

His body will go into a zinc-lined, wooden coffin instead of the triplicate coffins of the past (cypress, lead and oak). It will bypass the private viewing for church officials in the Apostolic Palace ...

Catholics from across Michigan have shared prayers in response to the announcement that Pope Francis has died.

Pope Francis visited six U.S. cities. Catholics and Christians from around the country traveled to see him, including members ...

Because Easter fell on the same day on the Julian and Gregorian calendars, meaning Catholic and Orthodox were celebrating on ...

The hope Christians have is not a sign of avoiding reality but of trusting in the power of God to defeat sin and death as the ...

T his is not a great time to be a woman. Plus ça change, as my French sister-in-law might say. Fair point. Yet the evidence ...

The bells ringing outside of Holy Name Cathedral on Easter Sunday signaled the faithful to come inside and observe one of the ...

Pope Francis died early Monday morning at the age of 88. Here's how popes are selected and who the leading candidates are.

The first Latin American and Jesuit pope was determined to lead a more welcoming, pastoral and merciful Church outward to a ...

Pope Francis was a master of making emotional connections. He was, at heart, a pastor to wounded souls. Here are some of the ...

Pope Francis called for "a church for the poor," a church that would reach out to what he called the "peripheries." He called ...