And they will determine whether the adage "fat pope, thin pope" holds true or whether the next leader of the Catholic Church ...

The cardinals who are electing the next pope sometimes look as ideologically polarized as many secular voters around the ...

The new pope said he would be guided by a key document that his predecessor wrote listing the church’s priorities, including ...

For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...

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

Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach efforts to people of ...

His election reflected a broader geographical shift in the church. Although the Vatican has been Catholicism’s spiritual and ...

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

Rome, Italy – When Pope Francis was elected in 2013, he faced loud calls to expand the role of women within the Roman Catholic Church. To some extent, he delivered. Francis opened key meetings ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first person from the United States to lead the Catholic Church, is taking on a financial headache in his ...

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