Despite shifting views among average Catholics, advocates for L.G.B.T. people say the church can still feel unwelcoming. Church teaching that homosexual acts are “intrinsically disordered” has not changed.

The wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will have to manage an awkward relationship between the White House and the Vatican.

In addition to a stop at the Vatican, the president’s first overseas trip will include stops in Saudi Arabia and Israel, home to holy sites of Islam and Judaism.

An executive order on religious liberty gave the impression of a church wanting to be left alone, but there is another role for Catholics.

One of Trump's orders instructs the Internal Revenue Service not to enforce a rule that bars churches from engaging in partisan politics.

“Most of those people—my family, extended family—are not pro-choice. You think I’m kicking them out of the Democratic Party?”

Coach Jim Harbaugh presented a custom Wolverines helmet and a pair of Nike Air Jordan sneakers to Pope Francis.

Pope Francis asked all people to work toward a future that lifts up society’s most marginalized, including migrants, the sick, the unemployed and prisoners.

A rally hosted by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont for a Nebraska Democrat prompted a flurry of questions about the party's pro-choice orthodoxy.

It is the third Holy Thursday that Francis has spent at a detention center, part of his longstanding emphasis on ministering to prisoners.