COMMENTARY: Ecclesiology, not just personality, is at stake in this conclave. A new pope must resist false reform rooted in ...

Known by his peers as a serious theologian, scholar and educator, Erdő, 72, is a leading contender among conservatives. He ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

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Strickland, a former bishop, said he worried a pope similar to Francis would deepen the rift between the U.S. and the Vatican ...

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

Mainstream Christianity’s attitudes about sex have always been complicated—and its institutions might even be able to evolve.

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful ...

Saturday’s majestic open-air funeral for Pope Francis is now followed by election of the next pope by the College of ...

The Newark archbishop was a friend and confidant of Pope Francis who could steer the Conclave of Cardinals in its choice of a ...