Cardinals are high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church whose main duties include advising, governing the Roman Curia, ...

After attending Pope Francis’s funeral Saturday and as they begin pre-conclave meetings to discuss the state of the world and ...

Pope Francis’ death fires the gun on what many see as a battle for the soul of the church – pitting those who want to ...

Some see the byword as a rallying call in a conservative campaign to reverse Francis’ push for a more inclusive church.

The church is divided. The problem is to find the one who unites, not pretend that it isn’t divided,” one church historian ...

In closed-door sessions called congregations, cardinals have given 70 speeches to their brethren. The conclave is likely to ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the acting head of the Catholic Church, spent most of his career in the U.S. before being called to ...

As world leaders gather in Rome for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, many Catholics are wondering if the church could soon elect its first black pope. With Africa home to one in five Catholics, the ...

The novena to Our Lady of Good Counsel, which will take place in the month of Mary, begins May 1 and runs until May 9.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin told some 200,000 people in St. Peter’s Square that Pope Francis had made the message of God’s ...

He has welcomed LGBTQ individuals and supported the expansion of female leadership in religious roles. Will he be the next ...

It’s a fair moment to point out that I am not Catholic ... the church moves back to the middle. And in a different time, that might seem logical. But how will the cardinals gathered in the ...