Dr. Ronald E. Smith on how to interpret Pope Francis' recent voting guidance for Catholics in the United States.

Some Catholic voters are struggling with their decision and may not make up their minds until it’s time to pull the lever—and ...

Deep in the NCR poll is a set of findings that should distress Pope Francis and the Catholic hierarchy more than either candidate’s camp. Citing Francis’s “lesser of two evils” statement ...

The meeting of the USCCB will be the first chance for the bishops to talk and plan after the October synod of bishops and the ...

Jews, Muslims, Catholics and other faiths may be more fractured than usual in the 2024 election. Here's what the numbers say.

The Vatican’s Synod on Synodality was nothing like papal gatherings of cinematic lore, but it clearly reflects Francis’s view ...

U.S. Catholic bishops mostly have tempered their remarks about the presidential contest between Kamala Harris and Donald ...

Turning to the plight of Middle Eastern Christians, Pope Francis on Saturday prayed for their continued witness in a region ...

Pope Francis has paid his respects on Saturday to the “Garden of Angels,” an area in Rome’s third largest cemetery which ...

30, Pope Francis answered a question from a journalist ... against life and that Americans should vote for the person who is the lesser of two evils. Even as he said it, he didn't know if that ...

Pope Francis — or his social media manager, I’m guessing — is pretty active on X (formerly Twitter), with Biblical quotes, prayers and messages to the world. But the @Pontifex account has ...