As members of the College of Cardinals prepare for the conclave, they face a profound choice: Build on the late pope’s ...

Catholic church members gathered at the Regina Mundi Catholic Church in Johannesburg South Africa on Wednesday for a mass to ...

Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

Many continue to mourn the loss of Pope Francis, who passed away last week at 88 years old. Francis left a mark on many ...

Conclave: Inside the secret election to choose the next Pope - The method the Catholic Church uses to select their leader has ...

As we prepare for a new papacy, an important question faces the church: What foundations do we inherit from Pope Francis’ ...

Pope Francis, who chose his papal name after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ...

As a Melbourne pastor writes, welcoming the stranger is not just a Christian value that Pope Francis lived out — it’s also ...

Father Wu Jianlin, vicar general of Shanghai, was chosen to be the city’s new auxiliary bishop, while Father Li Jianlin was ...

Some people said the pope's compassion inspired them. Others said he was too liberal or that no pope would affect how they ...

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has in a moving tribute to Pope Francis revealed that the late pope called him ...

Over his 12-year papacy, Francis – who in some corners was referred to as “The Woke Pope” – was a transformative but ...