Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

Hollywood and the media love intrigue. And the interregnum in the Catholic Church provides much fodder for an institution that has long resisted secularism.

The archbishop and a priest who worked alongside Conway are now talking about how the church has changed its views on mental ...

Donald Trump reveals desire to lead Catholic Church ahead of Vatican papal conclave - The spiritual leader of the world's 1.4 ...

Italians got the next best thing in Pope Francis — the Argentine son of Italian immigrants. But many here wondered whether one of their own would ever again sit on the throne of St. Peter. Now some ...

As cardinals prepare to enter the Sistine Chapel in a few days to elect a new pope, they are engaged in intense discussions ...

“That was quite revolutionary,” said Reese, author of the 1998 book “Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church.” These changes in synod participation ...

The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic order founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola committed to spirituality and ...

With Pope Francis' passing, the Roman Catholic Church is focused on electing his replacement. Here's what that means.

Archbishop Thomas Zinkula of the Archdiocese of Dubuque talks about his response to the recent death of a Catholic priest in Cedar Rapids, and how the church is providing more mental health support to ...

A Catholic scholar explains every step of the conclave process that will determine the successor to the late Pope Francis.

While there are those who want to back away from Francis' outreach there is one unalterable fact: When the world's Catholic ...