Stan Termini enrolled in the master’s degree program at the university last summer and now sees “how strong, faith-rooted ...

“The film gets a lot right. They tried to reproduce the mise-en-scene of the Vatican accurately,” William Cavanaugh, a ...

US President will be at the Vatican for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, reflecting the growing importance of the Catholic ...

Catholics around the world are mourning the death of Pope Francis. Known as 'the people's pope', he worked to make the church ...

The conclave to select a new pope will be sharply different from the body that chose Francis in 2013. Experts say that could ...

Villanova University theology professor and papacy expert Massimo Faggioli breaks down why it's so hard to predict who the next pope will be and what direction he'll take the Catholic Church.

For Catholics and non-Catholics alike, fascination with the pope and rituals such as the papal conclave continue to transfix ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Villanova University theology professor Massimo Faggioli about the future direction of the Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis.

A Villanova University student is in Rome, reporting on the preparations for the funeral of Pope Francis, writes Caroline ...

Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending conclave following ...