A cell phone tableau of inclusion and splendor from last year’s synod contrasts the Francis pontificate with this week’s ...

Francis-era reforms that saw a diverse group of cardinals join the mix make his successor nearly impossible to call.

The method the Catholic Church uses to select their leader has remained virtually unchanged for the last 800 years ...

As the Vatican gears up to elect the successor to Pope Francis, technology is being deployed to prevent leaks during the ...

Deepening unity among Catholics will be the greatest challenge facing the next pope, who will be elected as early as ...

The president shrugged off backlash to an artificial intelligence-generated image that depicted him as the pope. One expert in religious studies weighs in.

Even a perfunctory tweet from the Foreign Ministry was quickly deleted under pressure from far-right coalition members.

In Edward Berger’s adaptation of a Robert Harris novel, from a script by Oscar-winning screenwriter Peter Straughan, the ...

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio emerged onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after the conclave of March 2013, few ...

The Sistine Chapel has been decked out to host a papal election as cardinals from around the globe moved into a Vatican guest ...

For years, it was just a spooky school rumor — a body buried in the church basement — until someone opened the vault.

A digitally manipulated image depicting United States President Donald Trump dressed as the pope has triggered widespread ...