Languages: English. Twitter: @JBickertonUK. You can get in touch with James by emailing [email protected] The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state ...

This process is called a conclave, and it is how the Roman Catholic Church chooses its next pope after a previous pope dies or retires. Here’s what you need to know about the process.

In theory Francis shared those concerns, promising a more collegial and horizontally oriented church, more synodal, in the jargon of the Catholic bureaucracy. In practice he often used his power ...