One of the key issues facing the Catholic Church — reportedly a key point of discussion during the conclave — is how the pontiff will mediate conflict and war, especially in Ukraine ...

ROME — The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe of Catholics, riven by political divisions that have thwarted the ...

Many conservative Roman Catholic Church leaders disagreed with Pope Francis, who was often a darling of liberals around the world. But the typical divisions between progressives and conservatives ...

(AP) The papal conclave is the secretive, centuries-old process by which the Roman Catholic Church elects a new pope ... meaning “with a key” — a nod to how the cardinals are literally ...

Catholic cardinals will enter a sealed conclave this week to choose a new pope, with the Church's 1.4 billion members holding their breath over an uncertain outcome. Around 133 "Princes of the ...

He says it's important for the Catholic Church to also include Indigenous tradition. Trump says he will meet with Mark Carney at the White House 'within the next week' At 65 and set to retire with ...

In a ceremony earlier this month, Murray Chatlain walked into St. Mary's Cathedral to be ordained the Roman Catholic Church's eighth ... of the relationship. "A key role for us is reconciliation ...

Here's what those ancient-sounding terms mean — and why they're important.ConclaveIn the Roman Catholic Church, a conclave ... meaning “with a key.”PapabileSimply put, "papabile" refers ...