Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is sometimes called the "Asian Francis" because of his infectious smile, easy laugh, and ...

Pope Francis is credited with addressing the issue more strongly than his predecessors did, but clerical abuse remains a ...

Catholic teenagers reclaim the figure of the Argentine and await a new Pontiff with whom they also "connect". "Many young ...

In Detroit, traditionalist Catholics were bracing for a crackdown. The promise of change in Rome offers them a sliver of hope ...

Nuns don’t have a vote in the election of a pope. But nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female religious orders gathered in ...

The papal conclave—the election of the next Pope—is set to begin on May 7, and will see 133 cardinals gather to vote.

Siracusa was among a group of homeless, migrants, prisoners and transgender people waiting on the steps of the Basilica of St ...

I never knew how much I wanted to go to Rome until I got there.

Francis is not the only pope to rest there. Seven others are buried on the grounds, most notably St. Pius V, who established ...

The folklore of the prophecy of St. Malachy says that Pope Francis may be the very last pontiff. Historians say that's ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...