Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job of pope, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the ...

While Francis stacked the ranks with his cardinals, it is not necessarily the case that all of them will want to see the ...

given his prominence in the Catholic hierarchy. The veteran diplomat oversaw the Holy See’s controversial deal with China ...

VATICAN CITY — A conclave to elect a successor ... year papacy to bring in new points of views of the Catholic Church hierarchy. Many have spent little or no time in Rome getting to know their ...

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

Massa traces this strain in American Catholicism back to what’s been called the “comic opera heresy” of a fellow Jesuit, ...

Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor, delaying the ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals arriving for the ... 12-year papacy to bring in new points of views of the Catholic Church hierarchy. Many have spent little or no time in Rome getting to know their ...