Bishops often imposed such restrictions — with varying levels of enforcement and typically without warning the public — until ...

As cardinals gather to elect Pope Francis’ successor, they are facing debates over whether the church most needs change or ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost has been chosen by the conclave to be the next pope. He will be known as Pope Leo XIV.

Survivor groups call election 'an insult', cite past inaction and failed oversight; Vatican maintains no wrongdoing.

Zuppi, 69, came up as a street priest in the image of Francis ... In that job he would have kept in regular contact with the Catholic hierarchy in the part of the world that counts still counts ...

As the papal conclave gets underway in Vatican City, Holy Cross Catholic Church pastor Father Noah Carter recalls his experience studying there as a seminarian during the 2013 election of Pope Francis ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, has this in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy: He's been in positions of authority when accusations of sexual abuse have arisen against priests under ...