As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

The College of Cardinals continues to prepare for the upcoming conclave to elect the next pope, which begins Wednesday, May 7.

Casa Santa Marta is abuzz with workers, engineers, and Vatican officials transforming the guesthouse that was the residence ...

Far from the Sistine Chapel where cloistered cardinals will cast votes, people are placing bets on who will be chosen as the ...

I never knew how much I wanted to go to Rome until I got there.

Few, if any, Latin Americans show up on the speculative lists of who might be elected as the supreme pontiff, or “papabile.” ...

"To pray for the dead means, therefore, to love those who have died and that is what we are doing now for Pope Francis," the ...

From king to the world’s pastor: How will the next pope change the style of the papacy? By Zac Davis The scarlet robes. The ...

Sister Mary Barron said at the Mass that the late pope "invited us out into the world and among all of God's creation to heal and accompany those most in need." ...

Catholics can (and do!) debate whether Pope Francis was an effective evangelizer. But we can say for sure that he followed ...

"He washed the feet of the homeless, and promoted concern for the poor and for climate change, a bridge to Protestants, and ...

The Pope died last month at the age of 88 due to stroke and heart failure, according to a death certificate released last ...