As the Catholic Church prepares for a historic decision, the Vatican will block all mobile phone signals on Wednesday ...

Cardinals electing a new pope have some fundamental questions to weigh, beyond whether to give the Catholic Church its first ...

As cardinals gather in Rome this week to select the next pope, global news networks covering every twist and turn will be ...

On “Meet the Press” and social media, President Trump gave the hosts a lot of material to choose from, even by his standards.

NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...

The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope” — from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica is followed first by the ...

Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming conclave at the Vatican ...

"And so it is what is, I guess, but it's very unfortunate," said Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey S. Grob. "It's a very serious ...

Before he died, Pope Francis donated one of his popemobiles to be converted into a mobile health unit to serve the children ...

As the voting to choose the next pope gets underway, serious questions loom about Europe’s future influence on the Church.

The Catholic Church reserves the priesthood for men, so only men will choose the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

There are currently 135 cardinals who are under age 80 and eligible to vote in the conclave, hailing from 71 different ...