The death of Clement IV (1268) opened a 33-month period of sede vacante, the longest in history. Once the cardinals were ...

The secret ceremony that elects a new pope has changed over two millennia – but our fascination stems from real historical ...

According to The Record, early popes were mostly drawn from the Roman clergy, and the custom held even after the Western ...

This is despite the fact that Francis did more to elevate women than any other pope, often angering traditionalists in his ...

In the Russian Empire, the church was subordinated to the state, and in the Evangelical Church, members of the clergy were ...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has released a new 10th anniversary preface to a major document on the Church’s ...

A papal conclave, following a strict canonical procedure, takes its natural course after the death of a pope and the election ...

PHOENIX - May 8 was a groundbreaking day of sorts for the Roman Catholic faith, as cardinals in the church voted, for the first time, to install an American as their leader. The election of Robert ...

It's almost always been the case that you have to wait a good long time between grand strategy and 4X sequels, but those gaps ...

Cadet - roughly pronounced kah-day - is a word you might be familiar with in English, but it actually comes from France ...