From conclaves to reincarnation, religious traditions around the world follow different rules when selecting new spiritual ...

Catholic cardinals from across the globe will gather for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor. John Yang takes a deeper look at the high-stakes undertaking to select the next pontiff.

The Catholic Church is an institution of remarkable longevity. The year marks the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of ...

First, those who embrace Pope Francis’ wide-ranging, modernising changes in the Catholic church. The reform-minded pope made ...

Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...

With millions of followers and a long history that goes back more than 2,000 years, the Church has, over time, created a ...

The pope’s funeral will be held Saturday, April 26, at 10 local time. That is 4 a.m. ET on Saturday. It will be celebrated by the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re ...

“That was quite revolutionary,” said Reese, author of the 1998 book “Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church.” These changes in synod participation ...

During his 12 years of service as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis often became a subject of criticism and controversy Pope Francis died on Monday at the age of 88 after a ...