The papal conclave is among the most significant and closely guarded events in the Catholic Church, where cardinals serve not ...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle shares more than just a warm smile and infectious laugh with Pope Francis. Like the late Argentinian pontiff, Tagle hails from outside Europe’s traditional Catholic power ...

This story has been updated. The Catholic Church and its approximately 1.4 billion followers have a new leader and the first American pope. At 6:06 p.m. Rome time Thursday, May 8, white smoke emanated ...

If you’ve ever had the privilege of listening to Timothy Cardinal Dolan preach at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, you’ve surely ...

Pope Leo on Friday named Bishop Richard Moth as the new Archbishop of Westminster, the most prominent Catholic figure in ...

Cardinal Gerhard Müller, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, called for overcoming ideological divisions within the Catholic Church in a Spanish-language interview on ...

Addressing the challenges in the Holy Land, Cardinal Pizzaballa highlighted the obstacles Christian families face in reaching their churches due to military checkpoints and repeated closures. Cardinal ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday bestowed one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors on St. John Henry Newman, the deeply influential 19th- century British convert and theologian, ...

Cardinals face ex-communication if they spill secrets of the conclave. March 11, 2013— -- Final adjustments are being made to the Sistine Chapel today before the 115 Roman Catholic cardinals ...