Should the Catholic Church welcome gay families? Should it welcome women at the altar? As 133 cardinals prepare for the 2025 ...

Deepening unity among Catholics will be the greatest challenge facing the next pope, who will be elected as early as ...

On the eve of the conclave to elect the next pope, the world's smallest country, Vatican City, is engulfed in commotion as ...

There has been a growing coalescence around the idea that Pope Francis's work to radically shake up the workings of the ...

African outreach was among Pope Francis' legacies, observers say, with numerous visits and a message of mercy inspiring ...

With the passing of Pope Francis, the Roman Catholic Church is preparing to choose its next spiritual leader, a decision that ...

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

Everyone from cooks to translators to elevator operators took an oath of secrecy at the Vatican on Monday — under threat of ...

Shepherding the flock may be the classic Christian ideal of leadership, but when the conclave opens on May 7 to choose a new ...

Pope Francis appointed women to key Vatican posts. Will his successor consider women as deacons and priests next?

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

Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?