After St. John Paul II broke the centuries-long Italian hold on the papacy in 1978, the field of contenders has broadened ...

Much of what you hear about who the next pope will be, spoken with enormous confidence by people in the know, is often ...

All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around, differing in beliefs about the sacraments, the pope, the ...

American Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced the death of Pope Francis from the chapel of Casa Santa Marta, where the late Holy ...

Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See Press Office, had stated at an April 29 press briefing that two cardinal electors ...

Survivors of clerical abuse, experts in child protection and victim advocacy groups have collectively decried the presence of ...

The appeal came as the cardinals concluded their seventh general congregation — the daily meetings leading up to the start of ...

A coalition of survivors of clergy sexual abuse demand the next pope adopt a universal zero-tolerance policy for abuse.

A coalition of survivors of clergy sexual abuse demand the next pope adopt a universal zero-tolerance policy for abuse.

No one knows who will be chosen as the next pope, but Raniero Mancinelli, a tailor in Rome, is preparing for any outcome.

The next leader of the global Catholic Church needs to put the issue of clerical sex abuse at the heart of their papacy, ...

The developments come amid real questions about how prominent the abuse scandal is featuring in the discussions about finding ...