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

President Donald Trump is going to need a new job when he is term-limited out of office on Jan. 20, 2029. The president the other day joked that his dream job would be pope. Speaking with reporters ...

The story of the Rev. Hilarion Alfeyev captures how a once robust effort to bring Russian Orthodox Christianity and the ...

The prayer book is the "Ordo Rituum Conclavis" ("Rites of the Conclave"), which was approved by St. John Paul II in 1998, but ...

Ahead of a gathering to elect a new pope, survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests have urged cardinals to choose ...

Pope Francis saw priests' embrace of the trappings of power as a "cancer" corroding the Roman Catholic Church, according to a ...

A coalition of survivors of clergy sexual abuse demand the next pope adopt a universal zero-tolerance policy for abuse.

As Cardinals prepare to start choosing a new pope next week -- a tailor in Rome is busy getting the pontiff's wardrobe ready.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Wednesday the next round of negotiations over its rapidly advancing nuclear program it will ...

America’s editors on the ground in Rome discuss the latest conclave news and the work that remain for whoever is elected as Pope Francis’ successor.

Security for he conclave of cardinals to elect a successor to late Pope Francis will be like the security measures ad oped ...

All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around, differing in beliefs about the sacraments, the pope, the ...