The flames broke out at Saint Edmund Church of the Holy Trinity Parish at 204-25 Rockaway Point Boulevard just before 2 p.m.

Pope Francis sought to make the church more welcoming ... to recognize one another’s rights and protect vulnerable Catholic minorities. But all of the progress Francis sought to make in his ...

Nick Hagen for The New York Times An independent Catholic media ecosystem in the United States was unrelenting, depicting Pope Francis as undermining the church, or even as an apostate.

With a conclave to select a new pope typically not taking place for two to three weeks after a pontiff's passing, several weeks can go by without a pope leading the Roman Catholic Church.

Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change the perception of the Catholic Church around the world, has died at the age of 88. The Vatican said Pope ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate backgrounds and faiths, has died at the ...

(Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News) Asian nations also paid tribute, especially in the predominantly Catholic Philippines, where church bells tolled Monday across the capital of Manila.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, an Argentinian son of Italian immigrants who became Pope Francis, turned out to be a consistently surprising pontiff who forced his Roman Catholic Church to look beyond its ...

The Rev. Michael Duffy and the Rev. Rev. Michael Bartholomew are among the many who will be in Vatican City for the papal ...

Anyone looking to pray following the death of Pope Francis on Monday can find their nearest parish using the Archdiocese of New York’s interactive map. The map shows ...

Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. On Easter Sunday, he used his message and blessing to appeal for peace in Middle East and Ukraine.