With this one simple Latin word – literally, I accept — Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, Chicago native, a priest of the religious order known as the Augustinians, missionary to Peru, Cardinal of the ...

There is little without precedent in the Catholic Church, but it is fair to say nothing exactly like the election of Pope Leo ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the senior Vatican official who announced Pope Francis' death on Monday morning, will serve as the ...

The papal conclave is a centuries-old tradition to elect the next pope of the Roman Catholic church. "There's prayer involved ...

Cardinals from all over the world will gather in conclave on Wednesday to elect a successor to Pope Francis. But what exactly ...

Let the fighting cease immediately, let humanitarian aid be provided to the exhausted civilian population, and may all ...

Canon law does not give much specific direction about who can make decisions for the church during the interregnum.

The dean of the Roman Catholic Church’s College of Cardinals is a 91-year-old Italian who has spent most of his career serving in the Roman curia. By Emma Bubola Reporting from Rome Follow our ...

Their exact title is cardinal of the Holy Roman Church. Gathered in the College ... while others who hold positions in the Curia, the Vatican's government, live in Rome. There are 252 cardinals ...

Francis’ disposition was pastoral, not administrative. In the Catholic Church, political power is concentrated in the Roman curia—the practically invisible coterie of busybodies, many of them ...

Gratitude for the amazing contributions he made both to the magisterium, to the life of the church, to the Roman Curia and for his endless accomplishments. Society is also in flames. You see all ...