While Pope Francis accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his ...

COMMENTARY: The greatest pre-conclave homily was preached by St. John Paul II in 1978, on the Gospel where Christ asks Peter ...

While Pope Francis accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his ...

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

President Donald Trump has never been afraid of raising hell on the internet, and he's made a reputation as being pretty darn funny. The 47th president proved both points again on Friday with a Truth ...

President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated photo showing himself as the pope ahead of this week's gathering of cardinals ...

New York’s Catholic bishops—led by Trump‘s favorite cardinal—sharply rebuked the president over an AI-generated photo he ...

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

"To pray for the dead means, therefore, to love those who have died and that is what we are doing now for Pope Francis," the ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost joins the conclave Wednesday to pick Pope Francis' successor. His rise in the faith began at a South ...

Sister Mary Barron said at the Mass that the late pope "invited us out into the world and among all of God's creation to heal and accompany those most in need." ...

"He washed the feet of the homeless, and promoted concern for the poor and for climate change, a bridge to Protestants, and ...