May is Mary’s month. Let’s begin it this year by looking at her place in the classic Christian confessions of faith, the ...

The ballot failed to reach the two-thirds supermajority, or 89 votes, that is required for a new pope to be elected.

"I came just to pray for a pope who will be good for the Church, who will run the church with compassion, love, and loving ...

Bishop Barron offered some quick takes both on several cardinals who are making headlines as well as some who are lesser ...

The more than 400-page document that HHS released May 1 was the result of a January executive order issued by President ...

"The whole church, united with us in prayer, insistently invokes the grace of the Holy Spirit so that a worthy pastor for the flock of Christ would be elected." ...

A few weeks before Francis’ death, much was made about his pointed criticism of a certain American politician’s ...

Two questions are probably responsible for about 90% of conversation between media members that I’ve heard (or overheard) ...

First of all, the conclave has a rule that if the voting takes too long, then a pope can be elected with a 50+1 percent of ...

Grants have grown in steady increments for the past 20 years, Fitzgerald said. Since its inception in 1988, the Papal ...

Francis’ way of seeing the role of women in the Church is best understood against this backdrop: For him it was a matter of ...

Francis is not the only pope to rest there. Seven others are buried on the grounds, most notably St. Pius V, who established ...