The coming papal conclave is just days away and, within days or weeks of the doors to the Sistine Chapel closing, the ...

A snapshot of the papacies of the 11 modern popes that preceded Pope Francis, from Pope Benedict XVI to Blessed Pope Pius IX.

Pope Francis made history with his election in 2013 as the first Latin American as well as the first Jesuit ever elected.

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Known by his peers as a serious theologian, scholar and educator, Erdő, 72, is a leading contender among conservatives. He ...

“And then there will be those that want perhaps a candidate who reverts back to some of the priorities of Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict ... or Room of Tears (where Pope Leo XIII is said ...