An extensive restoration has been completed at the Historic St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in downtown Bend, which is ...

A change in popes is a complicated process. Here are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of news in the coming days.

Officials with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship stopped in Kossuth County Tuesday to recognize a local ...

The conclave to select a new pope will be sharply different from the body that chose Francis in 2013. Experts say that could ...

Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the next ...

The local Catholic community is mourning the death of Pope Francis after the Vatican announced he passed at age 88 Monday ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but ...

The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just ...

US Vice President J.D. Vance has met with the Vatican’s No. 2 official amid tensions over the US crackdown on migrants. No Pope has set foot in China, but Francis wants that to change. Critics ...

A College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University professor ... Corey Schmidt covers politics and courts for the St. Cloud Times. He can be reached at [email protected].

Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Seneca, Kansas. Gary L. Hermesch, 66, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was arrested in connection with first-degree murder. Carasala was found outside the church rectory with ...

Peter and Paul Catholic Church at Seneca ... killed about 2:50 p.m. April 3 at the church rectory. Taken into custody was Gary Lee Hermesch, 66, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Kansas Bureau of ...