On this episode of “Interesting Times,” Ross Douthat is joined by the Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit priest and the editor of ...

Truth is, many parishes in Europe are growing. But others are dying. As one theologian noted in a 1969 German radio interview, Catholicism was entering a time of painful decline in the modern world.

Thousands of people have begun filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis at the start ...

In America and much of the Global South, conservative churches promoting reactionary politics are growing. Catholicism could ...

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich led a memorial mass on Wednesday to mourn the death of Pope Francis, in a solemn gathering at Holy Name Cathedral. Hundreds of Catholics, along with interfaith and ...

Close to the most poorest and to migrants, Pope Francis reconciled a segment of the Italian left with the papacy, while ...

The word itself predates Christianity, but the conclave with its secretive deliberations and ancient trappings still captures ...

Few could have predicted that a comment Pope Francis made during a 2018 visit to Chile would blow up into the biggest crisis ...

Among Pope Francis' final words was a thank you to the nurse who had helped him surprise crowds in St. Peter's Square with a ...

Pope Francis leaves behind a Church that is moving away from the faith he championed.

Pope Francis "inspired Catholics and all people of good will to live as Christ did," said Kerry Alys Robinson, who is ...

Pope Francis is dead at 88. His legacy includes an embrace of contemporary art, such as the first papal visit to the Venice ...