Cardinals set to elect next pope begin conclave May 7. Sistine Chapel closed for preparations. Cardinals discuss challenges ...

Ten cardinals from the United States will process into the Sistine Chapel on 7 May. While it is highly unlikely one of them ...

Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley, left, speaks to media, flanked by Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, Chicago archbishop, right, during ...

With fear gripping immigrant Catholic communities, bishops such as Mark Seitz are turning to Oscar Romero, the archbishop of ...

Hollywood and the media love intrigue. And the interregnum in the Catholic Church provides much fodder for an institution that has long resisted secularism.

ANALYSIS: As the Church prepares to choose a new pope, the role of America’s cardinal-electors offers a glimpse into the ...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Robert Barron have been tapped to serve on a new presidential commission on religious ...

A significant shift in the landscape of the upcoming papal conclave occurred this week as Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, ...