Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming Vatican conclave at which members of the College of Cardinals will elect a successor to Pope Francis. At a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Francis, the 266th pontiff in the church's nearly 2000-year history, was interred over the weekend in the Basilica of St. Mary ...

The name alone often speaks volumes. In choosing to reign as Francis, first of that name, Jorge Bergoglio signaled clearly the style of his pontificate, which aspired to the simplicity of the saint of ...

In Paragraph 176 of his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” Pope Leo XIV issues a historic apology for the Catholic ...

The Vatican announced this week that its College of Cardinals will convene on May 7 for the conclave process at the famed Sistine Chapel – where they'll elect Pope Francis' successor as leader of the ...

The second Trump administration has been an eventful era for American Catholics, as tensions between the Vatican and the White House continued to make headlines over disagreements about the war in ...

This chapter exclusively explores views and experiences among U.S. Catholics (i.e., the 20% of U.S. adults who say they are Catholic when asked about their present religion). Many Americans who are ...

A savvy pope capable of connecting well with young people. A pope who is clear on doctrine. These were some of the qualities several Oklahomans spoke of as they talked about their hopes for the Roman ...

The Vatican announced this week that its College of Cardinals will convene on May 7 for the conclave process at the famed Sistine Chapel – where they'll elect Pope Francis' successor as leader of the ...

The College of Cardinals will convene on May 7th at the Sistine Chapel to elect Pope Francis' successor. Catholicism is the largest branch of Christianity, differing from other branches primarily in ...