Cardinals are high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church whose main duties include advising, governing the Roman Curia, ...

Some see the byword as a rallying call in a conservative campaign to reverse Francis’ push for a more inclusive church.

Red-hatted cardinals were expected to pick a date Monday for the conclave to elect a new leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...

Pope Francis’ death fires the gun on what many see as a battle for the soul of the church – pitting those who want to ...

In closed-door sessions called congregations, cardinals have given 70 speeches to their brethren. The conclave is likely to ...

The church is divided. The problem is to find the one who unites, not pretend that it isn’t divided,” one church historian ...

A Benedictine abbot and a Capuchin cardinal will offer spiritual meditations on the needs of the Catholic Church to the ...

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin told some 200,000 people in St. Peter’s Square that Pope Francis had made the message of God’s ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the acting head of the Catholic Church, spent most of his career in the U.S. before being called to ...

The camerlengo will oversee the transition into the new papacy, including preparing the conclave that will select the next ...

He has welcomed LGBTQ individuals and supported the expansion of female leadership in religious roles. Will he be the next ...