The renewed interest in the traditional rite aligns with what’s known as the “strict church” hypothesis, which stipulates ...

Just as Catholics are not one-size-fits-all in 2025, neither are the qualities they want in their next pope, according Long ...

After decades of conservative leadership, Francis tried to reset the course of the Roman Catholic Church, emphasizing ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A diverse cast of cardinals gathering at the Vatican for Pope Francis’ funeral will soon turn to voting ...

Controversies surrounding the Latin Mass, for example ... Catholics who wished to preserve the indult, introduced by Pope John Paul II and given even wider permissions by Pope Benedict XVI ...

Pope Francis, who rose from modest means in Argentina to become the first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff ... s ascent at the feet of Saint John Paul II. After Benedict’s death ended the ...

Francis’s actions point to his main achievement: after a third of a century of leadership by Pope John Paul II and Benedict ... placed on the use of the Latin Mass to stir up the feeling ...

During Francis’ 12-year reign leading the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, the late pope’s support for LGBTQ Catholics and suppression of the traditional Latin Mass were among moves that ...

Pope Francis, who rose from modest means in Argentina to become the first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff ... s ascent at the feet of Saint John Paul II. After Benedict’s death ended the ...

After Pope Francis’ funeral, 135 cardinals will gather for a conclave to elect a new pope. The traditions include oaths of secrecy, paper ballots and white smoke from a chimney of the Sistine Chapel.