Catholic Church leaders in Africa remember Francis as a pontiff who kept the continent close to his heart, advocating for its ...

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

The fundamental Christian message emphasizes compassion, and the Catholic Church over the centuries has played a vital role ...

Massa traces this strain in American Catholicism back to what’s been called the “comic opera heresy” of a fellow Jesuit, ...

Wheelchairs rolled across cobblestones and walking aids clicked on the marble floors of St. Peter’s Basilica as people with ...

A Catholic cardinal convicted of embezzlement and fraud has announced he won't take part in the conclave to choose a ...

Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the most senior Catholic Church official to have been convicted, announced on Tuesday that he ...

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, OFM Conv, presided at the Mass on the fourth day of the Novendiales, the Church’s nine days of ...

Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending conclave following ...

Cardinals rank just below the pope, and those who belong to the powerful College of Cardinals are tasked with electing a new ...

The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has died. We take a look at his legacy and how the church will choose the next ...

The late pontiff’s health concerns in recent years led to contenders to succeed him foreseeing a papabile ahead of his death ...