The Catholic Church is less Eurocentric, with its growth in Africa, South and Central America, and particularly Asia, said ...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, a native of the Philippines, is known for his progressive stances, emphasis on social justice ...

G.K. Chesterton wrote of St. Francis of Assisi, “But after all, this man was a man and not half a dozen men. What seems ...

It’s a busy time at Mancinelli Clergy, the iconic shop that embodies the history and tradition of ecclesiastical tailoring in ...

The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any ...

Born in Rome, Andrea Sarubbi has been a journalist since the mid-1990s. He spent many years at Vatican Radio, worked with Italian public television as the host of a Catholic program on Rai 1 and later ...

The cardinals who enter the Sistine Chapel use smoke signals to let the outside world know when a new pope has been chosen.

The media have never had so much influence on the men who pick the pope.

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings Tuesday, trying to identify a possible new pope who could ...

Among the global news networks stationed at the Vatican to cover the secretive conclave, one small but influential U.S. Catholic TV network from an Alabama town is making its mark through not only ...

The secret election appears wide open but here are some of the names, in alphabetical order, being talked about as possible ...