"I must say, we have a cardinal that happens to be out of a place called New York who’s very good, so we’ll see what happens, ...

As dean of the College of Cardinals, this is supposed to be Giovanni Battista Re's moment. There's just one problem: the 91-year-old won't be in the Sistine Chapel when voting for a new pope begins ...

The story of the Rev. Hilarion Alfeyev captures how a once robust effort to bring Russian Orthodox Christianity and the ...

Some found Francis to be a reconciling figure, others a disappointment. Even those who applauded the actions he took during ...

Here are five pivotal moments in Pope Francis’ relations with Native communities. At a world summit of activists against ...

A coalition of survivors of clergy sexual abuse demand the next pope adopt a universal zero-tolerance policy for abuse.

The so-called “sede vacante” stamps include an image used by the Vatican in official documents in periods between popes: two ...

President Donald Trump joked that he would like to be the next pope and then named a real contender. Here’s what he said.

President Donald Trump was one of the guests at Pope Francis' funeral. The ceremony was hosted this past Saturday and ...

Known by his peers as a serious theologian, scholar and educator, Erdő, 72, is a leading contender among conservatives. He ...

The death of Pope Francis on April 21 at the age of 88 has led to American televangelist Joel Osteen getting called out for his supposed extravagant ...

ASIA'S front-runner for the papacy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines, is a charismatic moderate often dubbed ...