Whoever follows Francis must take up the legacy of Vatican II and of Pope Francis and engage the world without fear because ...

It’s hard to describe the mood in Vatican City right now. There is great expectation and excitement but also a sense of ...

The world won’t know who the electors have chosen as the next pope until the moment that man’s names (both his given name and ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, O.S.A., a former prior general of the Augustinians and longtime missionary in Peru, did not enter the conclave as a favorite to succeed Pope Francis. His reputation as a ...

Now that the 133 cardinal electors are ensconced in the Sistine Chapel to elect a successor to Pope Francis, some potential ...

For much of the past century, the conclave has needed between three and 14 ballots to find a pope. John Paul I—the pope who ...

As expected, the 133 cardinals who entered the Sistine Chapel May 7 failed to elect the next pope on their first ballot.

Christ calls us to leave the past for dead, to live in the present, to journey towards the “eternal life” he promises. Yet it ...

The faithful of Sacred Heart Parish in Hidalgo, Texas, gather with bishops, priests and deacons for a special Mass in 2018 to ...

Some five hours after the opening Mass, the cardinals were to process into the Sistine Chapel, swear an oath to uphold the ...

Catholics and non-Catholics alike—throughout the world, however imperfectly, in the way the pope does. The world needs the ...

Perhaps a revealing question is whether the church will continue the radical novelty Francis brought as a pope from a ...