COMMENTARY: Preaching, worship and charity aren’t rival qualities but form a unified mission — and the new pope must live and ...

The pre-conclave sessions surfaced pressing concerns — and may hint at what kind of shepherd the cardinals hope to elect.

As the cardinals discern the next pope, remember: your own election to sainthood has already been recorded in heaven. The ...

The story of Jacob’s wrestling match reminds every believer: spiritual victory often comes through honest struggle.

The Register, the only Catholic newspaper to have received an interview with the newly elected ‘pontiff,’ heard from ‘Pope ...

The 133 cardinal-electors begin the process, following prayer and taking of their oaths. A reflection and Marian hymn will ...

EDITORIAL: It’s long-standing and settled law in the U.S. that priest-penitent discussions are privileged private ...

This, then — love it or leave it — is what popes are for, according to the Catechism: keeping the bishops in step, keeping ...

At the end of the Mass, the cardinals and congregation sang the Regina Caeli, the traditional Easter hymn to the Blessed ...

Gabriel Somarriba, Psy.D., received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Divine Mercy University in Virginia. He practices in Cleveland, Ohio, where he lives with his wife and four children.

The cardinals will return to the Sistine Chapel Thursday morning for two voting sessions before noon (Rome time) and two more in the afternoon.

As the conclave gets underway, all eyes turn to the small chimney atop the Sistine Chapel. From this simple metal tube will emerge the long-awaited white smoke that will announce the election of the ...