Francis angered conservatives in the Catholic Church with his stances on gay people, divorce and immigration.

In candid interview with an Italian paper, Card. Camillo Ruini offered a frank assessment of the Francis pontificate and flatly called Benedict XVI’s decision to resign “a mistake.” ...

Pope Leo XIV has opened the church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday. He is lamenting the “ashes of international law and justice” that have been left by today’s wars and ...

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Pope Leo faces crisis as breakaway Catholic group rejects Vatican talks - The group said it needs the new bishops as a matter ...

Late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s connections with powerful people, including billionaires, tech giants, journalists, ...

"Francis reminded us that in order for the church to be a field hospital to a world suffering from Epstein's sickness, the ...