He has given a great witness of humility, of closeness to the people, of living out the Gospel values. He has left a great ...

As many as six million Filipinos showed up for Pope Francis’s visit to the Philippines in 2015, a world record that reflects the profundity of the country’s devotion to Catholicism. This is one of the ...

One strike against him, however, is that he’s American, and there has long been a taboo against a U.S. pope, given the geopolitical power already wielded by the United States in the secular sphere.

Just days before the papal conclave is set to begin—and a new leader of the Catholic Church will be chosen—President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself as the Pope.

Each of them faced history with a distinct charism. Now, the next pope must confront a quieter but even more devastating threat: moral collapse. This collapse is not marked solely by wars or ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” (with a key) to underscore that cardinals are sequestered until they ...

Later that was extended to 15 days to give all cardinals time to get to Rome. The quickest conclave observing the 10-day wait rule appears to have been the 1503 election of Pope Julius II ...

The first thing he does as the new pope is give a blessing on the world, she said. She wonders what the new pope will have in store for the Catholics next. "I'm hopeful," Harris said.