VATICAN CITY — Sweden’s first cardinal, Anders Arborelius, is a convert to Catholicism in the overwhelmingly Protestant ...

Photo by: Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP Sweden's first cardinal, Anders Arborelius, is a convert to Catholicism in the overwhelmingly Protestant Scandinavian country, which is home to one of the world's most ...

Pope Francis appointed women to key Vatican posts. Will his successor consider women as deacons and priests next?

This week's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra for Membership+ subscribers features an interview with Magdalena Dahlborg, an editor for a Swedish-language Catholic magazine. How did the Catholic Church ...

With the conclave to elect the new pope beginning in Vatican City on Wednesday, following the death of Francis I on 21 April, ...

The late Pope Francis opened the way for women in the Roman Catholic Church to serve as readers and altar servers, and to ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

More cardinals from more countries than ever will gather in the Sistine Chapel starting Wednesday to choose a new pope at a ...

The word "Catholic" translates to "universal," and ... South Sudan, St. Lucia, Sweden, Timor-Leste and Tonga, according to the Vatican's website. Christine Rousselle is a lifestyle reporter ...

Bishop of Stockholm Experience: Member of Order of the Discalced Carmelite Fathers; longtime president and then vice ...