Columnist Will Sutton says MAGA might like to see an African pope and considers whether Black Catholics might agree.

Catholic Church leaders in Africa remember Francis as a pontiff who kept the continent close to his heart, advocating for its ...

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.” That means they possess the ...

An exclusive interview with Archbishop Costelloe about the legacy of Pope Francis and what he hopes for from the conclave ...

Those gathering to elect a successor to Pope Francis say the first step to reaching a two-thirds majority is to get to know ...

Catholic cardinals set May 7 as the date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, following informal meetings where ...

The stamps, released on Monday, mark the interregnum between the death of Pope Francis and the election of his successor, a period known as 'Sede Vacante', Latin for Vacant Seat ...

Pope Francis, who left an enduring global legacy, was not only a spiritual leader but also a bold moral economist. His vision—rooted in human dignity, solidarity, and care for the vulnerable—offers ...

When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected in 2013 as Pope Francis, he was a near total Vatican outsider. He had never been a Vatican official, instead spending decades in local ministry. And he came ...

Cardinals, including Cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo, center, and Cardinal Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib, right, attend a ...

Euclid is a six-year mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) aimed at mapping the dark universe by analyzing the positions ...

Asia's front-runner for the papacy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines is a charismatic moderate often dubbed the ...