Many cardinals cited the desire to continue Francis’ pastoral focus on people who are marginalized and against war.

In this newsletter, I’m looking at this week’s federal elections in Canada and Australia and pondering the electoral returns to be made from defying Trump’s bullying, which seem to be gratifyingly ...

Secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church will start on May 7. The date was decided during a closed-door ...

Over 130 cardinals will be able to vote on a successor for Francis, and a two-thirds majority is needed to elect the new head ...

From conclave to “Habemus papam,” here’s what to know about the words and phrases that guide the process after a pope dies.

The papal conclave, the solemn and secretive process in which cardinals convene to elect a successor to Pope Francis, is to ...

Palestinians mourn the late Pope as a lone western voice against Israel's genocide in Gaza, yet he failed to shift the ...