A Pope Francis II would signify continuity, while a choice like Pius would be a clear signal that a traditionalist is taking back the throne. To stream KHOU 11 on your phone, you need the KHOU 11 app.

I have, after 80 years, felt something that I never thought I would in this century as a Roman Catholic. I feel optimistic. I ...

Pope John Paul II, ... Francis turned even further away from the legacy of John Paul II and instead pivoted toward the legacy of Pope Pius XII, ... Catholic Church. Related. Op-Ed . April 03, 2025 ...

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, which opened the Catholic Church's window onto the modern world. Among other things, it gave a larger role to lay ...

The Catholic Church after Pope Francis. Our columnists discuss the pontiff’s legacy, ... quite a change from the conclave that elected Pius XII in 1939, which was 89 percent European.

Williamson was one of four bishops rehabilitated as part of the pope’s effort to bring their ultra-conservative movement, the Society of St. Pius X, back within the mainstream Catholic fold.

Leo XIII, Pius XI, John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI all, in various ways, voiced the church's concern with capitalism, but they did so in theological language that was sometimes ...

A vast crowd of faithful and tourists began filing past Pope John Paul II's body in St. Peter's Basilica Monday as Vatican officials prepared for his funeral. American Catholic leaders assess the ...

Pope John Paul II prays during the canonization of Saint Edith Stein - also known as Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, the Jewish-born nun killed by the Nazis in an Auschwitz gas chamber in ...