At least 15 days after the death of the pope and not more than 20, the cardinals meet in the morning to celebrate the ...

Arlington Bishop Michael F. Burbidge delivers his homily during an April 26 Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of ...

Pope Benedict was elected in 2005, just after his 78th birthday. Of the 103 popes whose exact age at election is known, Pope ...

The best time to be in St. Peter’s Square to see the smoke is just after 7 p.m. the first day of the conclave, May 7; and on ...

The conclave that begins May 7 is expected to be the largest in history, with a wide geographical mix of cardinal-electors.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The 135 cardinals eligible to elect the next pope will enter the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Mercy – the cornerstone of Pope Francis’ teaching and ministry – must guide the Catholic Church through ...

Commenting on the historic moment April 26, Archbishop Gudziak said that, through the encounter, “Pope Francis is giving a ...

The meeting inside St. Peter’s Basilica marked the presidents’ first face-to-face meeting since a tense February Oval Office ...

He spent the rest of his pontificate going back out to those peripheries, traveling to more than 65 nations, preferring those that were poor, scarred by war, marginalized and forgotten. Then the ...

Pope Francis's casket is driven past the Colosseum on its way toward his burial place in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in ...