The selection of a new pope and how the process works is daily task for St. Peter's School's students and teachers.

After the Vatican announced the pontiff’s death, the news reverberated across the Chicago area, Naperville included.

The parishioners of Ss. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church have been granted a reprieve from the church’s ordered merger ...

The Catholic Church has specific theological and canonical reasons why a woman cannot be appointed as pope. These reasons are ...

While individual popes are significant, the focus during the transition period is on the Catholic Church as a ... was covering John Paul's funeral from the roof of St. Peter's Basilica.

Dignitaries and world leaders will attend the pope’s funeral. But the thousands of people lining up to see Francis on ...

Peter was the first pontiff of the Catholic church, and several popes have been considered "great" in the interim.

When a pope dies or resigns, the Catholic Church follows an ancient, secretive process called the conclave to elect his successor from among the cardinals ...

In today’s newsletter, the ritualistic sights and scenes at Pope Francis’s funeral. Plus: I watched the funeral for Pope ...

There have been twelve Greek Popes in the history of the papacy, with Saint Peter considered to be the first Catholic leader.

The pope’s unadorned tomb, marked by a single Latin word — Franciscus — was intended, a cleric said, to reflect a life of ...