Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

From her spot in the on-deck circle, with one out in the bottom of the seventh, Central Catholic’s Bella Boyer had no doubt ...

Special Report 26:05. Most U.S. Catholics say they rely on the pope and the Church's teachings for difficult moral questions, ...

A Pew Research Center study conducted in 2024 found that for every American who converts to Catholicism, another 8.4 leave.

The U.S. is ratifying its commitment to review and reverse China’s influence in the Americas and beyond, with key ...

The dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, presided over the service, urging the voters to set ...

For the Catholic faithful across Latin America, Pope Francis was iconic for many reasons. Not only is Catholicism the major religion in nearly every country of the continent, but Pope Francis was the ...

The papacy is not the presidency. The conclave is not a campaign. Understanding the future of the Catholic Church requires ...

The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church.

Trump’s tariffs hit an unlikely target—handmade Irish Christian art—and echo an ancient struggle over the sacred across ...

New details about how the Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County, NJ, began. Eric Scott reveals what court documents show happened and how the fire spread so quickly.