Pope Francis was not afraid of messiness. That seems to have been part and parcel of his pastoral freedom, charging into ...

The cardinals have asked Catholics to pray for them and the conclave. What exactly should we be praying for? And should we be ...

I wish I did not have to vote because I wish that Francis were still alive. But it is a fact that he has left us,” Cardinal ...

The film centers on Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina, Fellini’s wife and frequent collaborator), a “simple-minded” young woman who ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—All but four of the 135 cardinals who are eligible to enter the conclave May 7 to vote for a new pope had ...

The conclave that begins next Wednesday to elect a successor for Pope Francis is the first in 46 ½ years for which the ...

Since the death of Pope Francis, lists of his possible successors have proliferated on social media and in newspapers. Should ...

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine ...

From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs,”is a brilliant, pithy summation of communist philosophy ...

In a pre-conclave meeting, an Italian cardinal, and backer of Cardinal Parolin as next pope, attacked Pope Francis for ...

As we prepare for a new papacy, an important question faces the church: What foundations do we inherit from Pope Francis’ ...

“I believe the Holy Spirit always intervenes in the choosing of the next pope,” the Rev. Halmar Adolis Calix, a priest from ...