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 ...

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." ...

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

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

President Donald Trump shared a doctored image of himself as pope, a role he cannot hold, drawing condemnation.

In today’s world, with new technologies mixed with social media, one could excuse a 19-year-old trying to get a laugh on the ...

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

The image, shared Friday night on Trump's Truth Social site and later reposted by the White House on its official X account, ...

As Catholic cardinals gather for a conclave to elect the next pope, we must all ask: Why are they all wearing red yarmulkes?

M. Helen Lucero A resident of Bernalillo, NM, passed away peacefully in the arms of her family, from complications of Dementia. Helen was born in Cabezon, NM, in 1938 to parents Seferino and Fidela ...

Washington-brokered negotiations to end Russia’s war in Ukraine have largely boiled down to a diamond-shaped peninsula about ...