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Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?
The death of Pope Francis and global aid cuts led by the United States could complicate the work of a group of experts ...
President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...
A significant shift in the landscape of the upcoming papal conclave occurred this week as Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, ...
"Conclave" tells the story of Cardinal Thomas Lawrence, dean of the College of Cardinals, played by actor Ralph Fiennes. Lawrence is tasked with leading a papal election or conclave after the pope ...
There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.” That means they possess the ...
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 ...
All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around, differing in beliefs about the sacraments, the pope, the ...
Holy Scripture is very clear: “That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh” (Genesis 2:24). One flesh! Jesus takes this all to its culmination: ...
Cardinal Gerhard Müller has called on the next pope to stand up to the "gay lobby" as the race to choose the next leader of ...
From the majestic art to the white smoke, here's what to know about the Sistine Chapel, the sacred site of the conclave.