Most Reverend Nelson J. Pérez, Archbishop of Philadelphia, announces the following appointments effective as noted: ...

Celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV at a Mass of Thanksgiving on Friday, May 9 at 12:05 p.m. at the Cathedral Basilica ...

Sri Lankan Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith, 77, a former Vatican official and nuncio, has led the Archdiocese of Colombo ...

Pope Gregory XV, elected in 1621, was the last pope to be elected by “spontaneous acclamation” when all the cardinals, ...

At Mass before the conclave that will elect the next pope, the dean of the College of Cardinals urged his brothers to choose ...

Like most people, Msgr. Joseph Prior watched the election of Pope Leo XIV with great interest. He noted how the people in Rome represented the diversity of the universal Church, a theme reflected in ...

The Catholic Foundation of Greater Philadelphia will host “ Planting Seeds of Faith: An Introduction to Planned Giving ,” a ...

The former Cardinal Robert Prevost studied at Villanova University as an undergrad, and was ordained to the episcopacy by ...

The ballot failed to reach the two-thirds supermajority, or 89 votes, that is required for a new pope to be elected.

This traditional moment marked both an ending and a new beginning for the Seminary’s Transitional Deacons before Ordination ...

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th ...

The 133 cardinals who entered the conclave failed to reach a two-thirds supermajority of at least 89 votes to elect a new ...