Cardinals are high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church whose main duties include advising, governing the Roman Curia, ...

Pope Francis’ death fires the gun on what many see as a battle for the soul of the church – pitting those who want to ...

Some see the byword as a rallying call in a conservative campaign to reverse Francis’ push for a more inclusive church.

The church is divided. The problem is to find the one who unites, not pretend that it isn’t divided,” one church historian ...

Following Pope Francis's passing at 88, cardinals worldwide are gathering in Rome to elect his successor. These high-ranking ...

Out of the 135 voting cardinals, Pope Francis appointed 108, accounting for 80% of them. Pope Benedict XVI appointed 22, and John Paul II, 5. According to the Holy See Press Office, there are ten U.S.

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the acting head of the Catholic Church, spent most of his career in the U.S. before being called to ...

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary ...

A Benedictine abbot and a Capuchin cardinal will offer spiritual meditations on the needs of the Catholic Church to the ...

The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin told some 200,000 people in St. Peter’s Square that Pope Francis had made the message of God’s limitless mercy the heart of his pontificate.

After Pope Francis is laid to rest on Saturday, his successor will be decided by the Catholic Church's cardinal electors, a group of about 135 cardinals under the age of 80, who are expected to ...