This, then — love it or leave it — is what popes are for, according to the Catechism: keeping the bishops in step, keeping ...

We are here to invoke the help of the Holy Spirit, to implore his light and strength so that the Pope elected may be he whom ...

At the end of the Mass, the cardinals and congregation sang the Regina Caeli, the traditional Easter hymn to the Blessed ...

Starting Wednesday, 133 cardinal electors from 71 countries are gathering in the Sistine Chapel, making this conclave the ...

A bell is also rung, part of the ritual introduced when Pope Benedict XVI was elected, which confirms the smoke is white and ...

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

President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating an “anti-Catholic law” in Washington state that ...

I hope the next Holy Father desires to be a faithful steward of the heritage and rich traditions of the Church. People crave ...

Three Republican-led states sued the FDA last year, maintaining that the loosening restrictions on the drug mifepristone have ...

The moment is full of mystery — no one in the outside world knows when it will happen or who will emerge from the many ...

Long tables at the Sistine Chapel await the arrival of cardinals for the conclave to elect the next pope, Tuesday, May 6, ...

Although estranged from his own religious order for more than two decades, Pope Francis reconciled immediately after his ...