Francis always encouraged me in our attempt to move forward as an ecumenical community and in welcoming young people from ...

Pope Francis was not afraid of messiness. That seems to have been part and parcel of his pastoral freedom, charging into ...

Casa Santa Marta is abuzz with workers, engineers, and Vatican officials transforming the guesthouse that was the residence ...

The College of Cardinals continues to prepare for the upcoming conclave to elect the next pope, which begins Wednesday, May 7.

Far from the Sistine Chapel where cloistered cardinals will cast votes, people are placing bets on who will be chosen as the ...

The proportion of cardinal electors from Africa and the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America, and countries in ...

From king to the world’s pastor: How will the next pope change the style of the papacy? By Zac Davis The scarlet robes. The ...

Few, if any, Latin Americans show up on the speculative lists of who might be elected as the supreme pontiff, or “papabile.” ...

I never knew how much I wanted to go to Rome until I got there.

After every round of voting during a conclave, the ballots are burned with chemicals in a process that enables the cardinals ...

"He washed the feet of the homeless, and promoted concern for the poor and for climate change, a bridge to Protestants, and ...

Catholics can (and do!) debate whether Pope Francis was an effective evangelizer. But we can say for sure that he followed ...