A papal conclave blends the political and the spiritual, cardinals and theologians say. Here, in Catholic belief, is how the ...

Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognizing that millions of people all over the world were praying for them, 133 ...

When the cardinals gather in the Pauline Chapel and process to the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin the process of choosing a ...

"He said, 'Eminences, you're all scared because you have a tough job to elect the next pope. ... Let me put your mind at ease ...

“I believe the Holy Spirit always intervenes in the choosing of the next pope,” the Rev. Halmar Adolis Calix, a priest from ...

The Diocese of Tucson will celebrate Mass in gratitude for the new pope on Sunday, May 18th at 10am at the cathedral.

to teach them and guide them 'into all the truth'. [Cf. Gen 1:2; Nicene Creed (DS 150); Jn 14:17, 26; Jn 16:13.] The Holy Spirit is thus revealed as another divine person with Jesus and the Father." ...

The attention of the church now turns decisively to the question of Francis’ successor and the preparations for the conclave ...

Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognizing that millions of people all over the world were praying ... the rights and freedom of the Holy See. They also solemnly swore to scrupulously ...