As the voting to choose the next pope gets underway, serious questions loom about Europe’s future influence on the Church.

Taking the estimated number of Catholics in a country and dividing them by the number of cardinal-electors gives some idea of ...

Cardinals who engaged with the media Monday spoke only in the most general terms about the sort of pope they’re looking for. ...

Tradition, reform, or something entirely new? The new pope’s choice of name will speak volumes before he says a word.

Jonah McKeown. Jonah McKeown is a staff writer and podcast producer for Catholic News Agency. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and ...

ANALYSIS: The late Pontiff famously encouraged Catholics to ‘make a mess’ to bring fresh energy and ideas to the Church. The ...

As the world focuses on the Catholic Church and the upcoming papal conclave, Curtis Martin, founder and CEO of the evangelism ...

My hope is that the next pope will follow in Pope Francis’ words in resisting the pull of surface-level spirituality and ...

COMMENTARY: The vision of John 10:10 leadership to be more Christlike, more courageous, more compassionate — every day.

Trump’s latest joke about the matter received pushback from some Catholic leaders, including Cardinal Dolan, Bishop Robert Barron, Bishop Thomas Paprocki, and the entire New York Catholic Conference.

COMMENTARY: Pope Francis’ successor should address four main aspects: persecution, social doctrine, missionary withering and poor governance.

The initiative was personally entrusted by the pope to Caritas Jerusalem in the final months of his life to respond to the extremely serious humanitarian emergency in Gaza.