David Tracy, an influential Catholic theologian who taught for 37 years at the University of Chicago Divinity School, has ...

The papacy is not the presidency. The conclave is not a campaign. Understanding the future of the Catholic Church requires ...

Catholic cardinals are beginning the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a new pope, opening the most geographically ...

Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming conclave at the Vatican ...

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 ...

Cardinals have talked about Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, as someone who could have a steady, ...

Jeff Hood, a priest living in North Little Rock, has witnessed nine executions. As a spiritual adviser to men on death row, ...

Nadia Makuc, 20, a junior at Princeton University in New Jersey Makuc goes to Mass ... Catholic since birth. She hopes the next pope will continue to embrace everyone regardless of their ...

Dugan is well-established in Milwaukee's legal and nonprofit spheres but had not been a prominent, partisan figure before her ...

Time is running out and there are still many cardinals registered to speak at the pre-conclave meetings called general ...

With the 2025 conclave set to start next week, here's a few facts and drama to know about the centuries old ritual.

Cardinals wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings Tuesday, trying to identify a possible new pope who could follow Pope Francis and make the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church credible and relevant today, ...