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

Activists are fighting a church that wants to put the scandal behind it and a public that may be tiring of it.

Besides the obvious speculation about the next pope, many in Rome are wondering what name he will choose.

The image is raising eyebrows on social media, at the Vatican, from a group representing Catholic bishops in New York and from Italians.

Following Pope Francis' death in April, people around the world wagered most often on one cardinal to become the next leader of the Catholic Church.

In Pope John Paul II’s rules for the conclave, excommunication was always a possibility, but Pope Benedict XVI made it ...

In May 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump posted an artificial intelligence-generated image of himself as pope on Truth Social ...

For those tuning in late, there will be a conclave starting Wednesday, May 7, to elect the new pope. My columns have focused ...

Inverted crosses visible as Pope Francis lay in state symbolise Saint Peter, the first pontiff, and are not a reference to ...

Whoever follows Francis must take up the legacy of Vatican II and of Pope Francis and engage the world without fear because ...

Pope Francis​' popemobile​ is being converted into a clinic to help children in the Gaza Strip, the Vatican announced​, calling it the late pontiff's "final gift" to the war-torn territory.