But the first thing I’d look for is a disciple, a believer in Jesus, and who has the capacity to proclaim the Resurrection in ...

Sitting by his sewing machine and surrounded by photographs capturing his encounters with various popes, Mancinelli explained ...

According to Universi Dominici Gregis, the apostolic constitution regulating the “sede vacante,” the College of Cardinals ...

Mistakes were made, apparently. ‘Woe be unto the person who decided to do it the way that they did it,’ one expert says.

Although estranged from his own religious order for more than two decades, Pope Francis reconciled immediately after his ...

When the cardinals gather in the Pauline Chapel and process to the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin the process of choosing a ...

COMMENTARY: Pope Francis’ successor should address four main aspects: persecution, social doctrine, missionary withering and ...

As the voting to choose the next pope gets underway, serious questions loom about Europe’s future influence on the Church.

Grants have grown in steady increments for the past 20 years, Fitzgerald said. Since its inception in 1988, the Papal ...

Taking the estimated number of Catholics in a country and dividing them by the number of cardinal-electors gives some idea of ...

Cardinals who engaged with the media Monday spoke only in the most general terms about the sort of pope they’re looking for. ...

Tradition, reform, or something entirely new? The new pope’s choice of name will speak volumes before he says a word.