One in 5 of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, and African cardinals will be key in determining Francis’s successor at ...

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

After attending Pope Francis’s funeral Saturday and as they begin pre-conclave meetings to discuss the state of the world and ...

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Cardinals are expected to pick a date for the conclave to elect a new leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, following ...

As a result of Francis’ expansion of the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, all that is certain about the ...

Reverend Father Anthony Agnes originally shared the post.According to the post, the covering of the late Pope's face was ...

Donald Trump and his wife, first lady Melania, have attended the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square. Trump drew ...

If the sole predictor of who would become the next pope was where the Catholic Church is growing fastest, then it is almost ...

The late pontiff was first Jesuit, the first Latin American, and first and last a priest, walking beside people on their journey of faith.

Late Church leader appointed cardinals from broad range of backgrounds, many of whom are unknown to each other; unclear if ...