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

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

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

After Pope Francis is laid to rest on Saturday, his successor will be decided by the Catholic Church's cardinal electors, a group of about 135 cardinals under the age of 80, who are expected ...

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

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

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

The next pope will have the weight of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics on his shoulders. That’s how the Rev. Daniel Carr, 40 ...

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

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.

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 ...