After St. John Paul II broke the centuries-long Italian hold on the papacy in 1978, the field of contenders has broadened ...

All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around, differing in beliefs about the sacraments, the pope, the saints and the Virgin Mary.

Survivors of clerical abuse, experts in child protection and victim advocacy groups have collectively decried the presence of ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced the pope’s death in a statement shared by the Vatican. He said, “At 7:35 this morning, the ...

Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See Press Office, had stated at an April 29 press briefing that two cardinal electors ...

The appeal came as the cardinals concluded their seventh general congregation — the daily meetings leading up to the start of ...

True discipleship is not measured by the creeds Christians recite or the theology they know, but by how deeply they love, a ...

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

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

No one knows who will be chosen as the next pope, but Raniero Mancinelli, a tailor in Rome, is preparing for any outcome.