Besides the obvious speculation about the next pope, many in Rome are wondering what name he will choose.

Trump’s tariffs hit an unlikely target—handmade Irish Christian art—and echo an ancient struggle over the sacred across ...

In Pope John Paul II’s rules for the conclave, excommunication was always a possibility, but Pope Benedict XVI made it ...

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

I become agitated when they say it’s time for an American, it’s time for an African, it’s time for a South Islander. I think ...

Few, if any, Latin Americans show up on the speculative lists of who might be elected as the supreme pontiff, or “papabile.” ...

Ultimately, the pope is not the point. Jesus Christ is. It’s a case that Cardinal Gerhard Müller made powerfully in an ...

He owes an apology,” Bishop Thomas Paprocki said after President Trump posted an image that appeared to be created by A.I.

We depend on the press to know who the candidates are, because names are not something we really talk about in there—perhaps ...

Francis always encouraged me in our attempt to move forward as an ecumenical community and in welcoming young people from ...

From king to the world’s pastor: How will the next pope change the style of the papacy? By Zac Davis The scarlet robes. The ...

The influence of the Synod on Synodality for the conclave—and what the result of the conclave might mean for the future of synodality ...