Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending conclave following the death of Pope Francis, the ranks of armchair Vatican experts have ...

When he was elevated to the papacy in 2013, Pope Francis was widely expected to shake up the Catholic Church, to liberals’ ...

When I was in elementary school, every Tuesday I would meet up with a group of fellow Catholic girls by the baseball field and walk to our weekly Catholic class. I was apathetic about the lessons ...

The Catholic dioceses hoping to run the nation's first religious charter school say anti-Catholic bias was behind many states ...

As an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Washington, appointed by Pope Francis in late 2022, Evelio Menjivar-Ayala is ...

The late Pope Francis, who passed away Monday morning, didn’t apologize for defending the long-held social positions of the ...

The Newark archbishop was a friend and confidant of Pope Francis who could steer the Conclave of Cardinals in its choice of a new pontiff.

“The biggest mistake in the movie was the admission of a cardinal in pectore into the conclave,” said Reese. “If the name is ...

Boston Catholics offer tributes and remembrances for Pope Francis and his lasting legacy and a renewed interest in the Church ...

The Catholic Church faces a spiritual crisis in the United States, with an American pope potentially being the key to shaping ...

The Founders had disagreements about the role of religion in America’s public schools, but there was always one line they ...