Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognizing that millions of people all over the world were praying for them, 133 ...

Since the birth of the modern environment movement in the 1970s, every pope has turned attention toward matters of ecology — ...

As people watched the papal election process unfold, advocates for issues including female clergy expressed hopes and fears ...

At Mass before the conclave that will elect the next pope, the dean of the College of Cardinals urged his brothers to choose ...

The name "Franciscus" is seen engraved on the tomb of Pope Francis inside the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. The interletter spacing, or kerning, of the engraving has come under scrutiny from ...

As 133 cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel to begin voting for a new pope, the church's problems and perplexities remain bigger than the sum of the questions posed in the days since Francis died.

On May 7, in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, the conclave for the election of the new pope — the Catholic Church's most secret ...

NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...

As different as a papal election is from every other kind of election in the modern world, each conclave nonetheless has an ...

Brian Burch, nominated by Donald Trump to become the next ambassador to the Holy See, tied to fake news about the health of ...

Many mourners flocking to the Basilica of St. Mary Major to view the tomb of Pope Francis have pointed out one flagrant error ...

Is there really a U.S. delegation of cardinals, a team that would wear the same jersey? Do these players feel like teammates?