Catholic cardinals will meet on May 7 to start voting for a new pope, the Vatican announced on Monday (Apr 28), a week after ...

The individual confirmed to police that the holy water was contaminated with urine, police said. Police were able to identify the man as Sokoll through a Pennsylvania Justice Network photo, according ...

When Christ prayed to His Father in Scripture, He often went out into nature — withdrawing to a deserted place, climbing up a ...

A simplified papal funeral will make a fitting farewell for a pontiff who just three days after his surprise election ...

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, was elected pope on March 13, 2013, he began ...

This conclave will feature one of the most geographically diverse fields, with 10 candidates coming from the U.S.

On May 7, cardinals will begin the process of electing the next head of the Catholic Church, a tradition that dates back ...

The age limit for electors was introduced by Pope Paul VI in the 1970s and was confirmed by Pope John Paul II’s 1996 ...

Signs of crisis were everywhere: declining Mass attendance, large-scale conversations with evangelical Christian groups. The stream of scandals torpedoed the reputation of countless priests and ...

The Supreme Court will decide if state grand juries can issue presentments on clergy abuse or if presentments don't apply to ...

The start date of the conclave to elect the new pope has been set for Wednesday, May 7. Here's what to look for as cardinals prepare to elect the new leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a Catholic virtual charter school’s bid to become the nation’s ...