Edward Town of St. Denis Parish in Havertown looks forward to his day of priestly ordination, May 17, as one of joy. He’s ...

Brother Richard Withers has lived a life of solitary prayer and contemplation in the Philadelphia region for 24 years. On May ...

Robert Francis Prevost was introduced to the world as Pope Leo XIV. But as recently as last week, he was a low-profile ...

The man, a Catholic priest from Halifax, Nova Scotia, was on a cruise with his family celebrating the 50th anniversary of his ordination. He has since fully recovered and returned home.

With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope ...

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He permitted discussion of ordaining married men in remote regions where populations were greatly underserved due to a lack of priests ... women in general and the ordination of women as deacons.

VATICAN CITY — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signaling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a ...

(AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Pink smoke rises in front of St. Peter's Dome during a protest by the Women's Ordination Conference ... (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Priests stand on a rooftop balcony ...

He never thought there would be an American pope in his lifetime and said it feels especially resonant with the United States approaching its 250th anniversary next year. "I just think it's a ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A senior cardinal has urged the cardinals voting in a conclave to elect a pope who prizes unity in diversity, and puts personal interests aside. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis ...