Deepening unity among Catholics will be the greatest challenge facing the next pope, who will be elected as early as ...

Cardinal electors will be tasked with selecting the 267th Pope of the Catholic church. With the conclusion of the official ...

African outreach was among Pope Francis' legacies, observers say, with numerous visits and a message of mercy inspiring ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task on Wednesday of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world ...

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio emerged onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after the conclave of March 2013, few ...

Immediately, Jorge Mario Bergoglio — who chose to be called Pope Francis after Francis of Assisi — captured my heart, my ...

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

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European pope in centuries, Francis was especially aware of colonialism’s impact and the need to embrace many cultures within ...

Angela S. Mattie is an attorney and professor at Quinnipiac University, where she hold an appointment in both the schools of ...

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston says he wants the new pope to be "a man of unity for the ...