Cardinals are high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church whose main duties include advising, governing the Roman Curia, ...

Some see the byword as a rallying call in a conservative campaign to reverse Francis’ push for a more inclusive church.

After attending Pope Francis’s funeral Saturday and as they begin pre-conclave meetings to discuss the state of the world and ...

Pope Francis’ death fires the gun on what many see as a battle for the soul of the church – pitting those who want to ...

The church is divided. The problem is to find the one who unites, not pretend that it isn’t divided,” one church historian ...

After Pope Francis is laid to rest on Saturday, his successor will be decided by the Catholic Church's cardinal electors, a group of about 135 cardinals under the age of 80, who are expected to ...

Following Pope Francis's passing at 88, cardinals worldwide are gathering in Rome to elect his successor. These high-ranking ...

A Benedictine abbot and a Capuchin cardinal will offer spiritual meditations on the needs of the Catholic Church to the ...

American Cardinals Joseph Tobin and Raymond Burke could be candidates to lead the Catholic Church after the death of Pope ...

The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin told some 200,000 people in St. Peter’s Square that Pope Francis had made the message of God’s ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the acting head of the Catholic Church, spent most of his career in the U.S. before being called to ...