Pope Francis’ transformative vision for the American church made it more open, but also energized conservative resistance ...

His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm.

World leaders are paying tribute with the Taoiseach saying Francis’s papacy was marked by a commitment to ‘compassion, peace, ...

What’s changed since our previous flurry of effort half a century ago concerning safeguarding our environment and natural ...

The $1.6 million cuts are just a fraction of the grants canceled by the National Endowment for the Humanities in recent weeks ...

Pope Francis’s tenure was punctuated by repeated clashes with American political leaders and sweeping efforts to install more ...

Riverdance 30 “The New Generation”: 7 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, April 22-24; 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 25; 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Weeks after a lengthy hospital stay, Pope Francis died at 88 on Easter Monday. Now the search for a new pope begins. Has an American ever been pope?

Pope Francis, 88, died Monday morning at the Vatican. Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell was seen sealing the door to ...

Adherents are reviving old practices and growing more assertive in the battle for the future of the Church—and the nation.

While thousands of drivers now pass through the hamlet of Guilderland daily, four centuries ago wilderness covered the area.

Pope Francis, the first pope from the Americas and a steadfast voice for the marginalized, died Monday, leaving behind a ...