All eyes are on the chimney over the Sistine Chapel for signs of white smoke that will herald the election of a new pope.

Discrimination against Chinese immigrants and Chinese Americans has a deep, troubling history in America. Beginning notably during the California Gold Rush in the mid-1800s, Chinese immigrants faced ...

Voices that could shape the conclave. Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, 59, is a celebrated author and intellectual in the ...

A frenzy of betting is underway as gamblers try to predict results of the upcoming conclave to pick Pope Francis’ successor.

Scholars say that lens blinds audiences to the real dynamics inside the synod hall. Michael Sean Winters, writing for ...

Tell more about what you explored in the theological and ministerial papers. My theological essay considered the insights regarding race and reparations that can be garnered from Scripture, Church ...

Women must have faith in their truths. They are wiser than they think, and what they believe to be a truth is a truth. It is ...

In the more fortunate and vastly different condition of life under civil government, the ideal of independence had become a ...

Theological arguments weren’t necessary ... No time was allowed for discussion, reflection, or prayer. Each priest was required individually to give a verbal “yes” or “no.” I could ...