They seem fundamentally united in finding a pope who will be able to make the 2,000-year-old church credible and relevant ...

The two are passing through Rome on vacation and will continue to southern Italy. But they are practicing Catholics and were ...

As the conclave draws near, I am becoming more nervous and apprehensive about what is ahead of us. But all I am asked to do ...

The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church ...

A cell phone tableau of inclusion and splendor from last year’s synod contrasts the Francis pontificate with this week’s ...

All mobile phone signals will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...

As cardinals gather in Rome this week to select the next pope, global news networks covering every twist and turn will be ...

Gibson, of Fordham, said another factor that might throw off the traditional resistance to an American pope is the election ...

Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. The support staff for the cardinals who will ...

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