The cardinals who are electing the next pope sometimes look as ideologically polarized as many secular voters around the globe. Many conservative Roman Catholic Church leaders disagreed with Pope ...

One of the many titles that Leo assumed when he was elected May 8 was bishop of Rome. Given his responsibilities running the ...

An Oklahoma man was arrested Thursday in connection ... Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City said on Facebook. "I am heartbroken to share the tragic ...

But the man who succeeds Francis will preside over ... Here's what to know. All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around. Christianity, according to Britannica.com, is a ...

Pope Francis, the Roman Catholic Church's leader for the ... Technically, any baptized Catholic man can be elected to the papacy. However, according to the Eternal Word Television Network ...

The successor will likely be one of their own (no one outside of the College has been selected as pope since 1378), but technically any baptized Roman Catholic man is eligible for the role.