Signs Of the Times

Catholic greens had reason to sound exclamations of joy during the inaugural papal Mass.

For the good of all people, the care of the poor and the future of the earth, religions must cooperate in reminding modern men and women that God exists and has a plan for their lives and their behavior, Pope Francis said. “The Catholic Church knows the importance of promoting friendship and r

This year’s elections will be crucial to determining the country’s destiny, the bishops said.

The U.S. bishops called the proposed health regulations an “unjust and unlawful mandate.”

Pope Francis “had nothing to do with the dictatorship,” preferring “a silent diplomacy” during Argentina’s so-called Dirty War, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel of Argentina reported after a private meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican on March

Cheers of “Francesco! Francesco! Francesco!” resounded throughout the square.

Cardinal Francis has become the first pope in 600 years to receive his predecessor’s blessing.

On the final day of the conclave, Twitter reported 130,000 tweets per minute.

Some buildings on the campus of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa., will close.