Although estranged from his own religious order for more than two decades, Pope Francis reconciled immediately after his ...

When the cardinals gather in the Pauline Chapel and process to the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin the process of choosing a ...

The conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor will begin on May 7. (Here’s a detailed explanation of how the process will ...

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

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

Grants have grown in steady increments for the past 20 years, Fitzgerald said. Since its inception in 1988, the Papal ...

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

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

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

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.

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 ...

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.