As members of the College of Cardinals prepare for the conclave, they face a profound choice: Build on the late pope’s ...

Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking the same spirit to his first conclave that's guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...

From cash bets on websites to online games and casual wagers among friends, experts and participants say the popularity of ...

The Pope Francis Cardinals (7-2) relied on some serious power Saturday afternoon to beat the Pathfinder Pioneers (7-4) 7-6.

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

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago, has spent the bulk of his career outside the United States. Supporters ...

The Vatican is finalizing preparations for the May 7 conclave, with firefighters on Friday installing a chimney on the roof ...

Pope Francis’ wooden coffin was sealed on Friday night, in a private rite that officially ends three days of his body lying ...

Pope Francis was remembered as a pope of the people, a pastor who knew how to communicate to the "least among us," during the ...

The prelate celebrated, and delivered the homily at, the second-to-last Mass held in mourning for the Holy Father, who passed ...

Africa is home to some of the fastest-growing Catholic populations in the world and has over 250 million Catholics.

A possible contender for the papacy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi has worked with the needy and the disenfranchised, even as he ...