Each May, the Church honors the Blessed Mother. The words of our most recent popes about Our Lady also relate to their focus ...

Cardinal Prevost was elected pontiff on the second day of the conclave, becoming the leader of 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

Jesus was likely born between 4 and 6 BC, at the tail end of Herod’s reign. While he would not have remembered the family’s flight to Egypt — a move scripture says was designed to escape ...

Every political conversation with white evangelicals eventually comes down to their fear of saying anything positive about ...

VATICAN CITY — As many as 200,000 people are expected to attend Pope Francis’ funeral in St. Peter’s Square as he is being laid to rest Saturday. While dignitaries are to attend, prisoners and ...

If Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the president's preferred candidate, were actually to be elected to the Holy See, it would be the shock of a lifetime.

On March 29, 2025, blood was spilled once again, this time at a track meet in Frisco, Texas. Austin Metcalf, 17, a white ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 Catholic cardinals are beginning the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a new pope, opening the most ...

Next Pope is ‘everybody’s guess’ before Cardinals gather for oath of secrecy and first vote - Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin ...

NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...