Who will be the next man tasked with guiding the Catholic Church? Let’s look back at the papal election through the centuries, up to the conclave of 2013 following Benedict XVI’s resignation.

Pope Francis greets Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples during an audience with seminarians and staff from the Cardinal ...

Every Sunday, Pope Francis appears at a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square to give a brief spiritual reflection before leading the Angelus prayer.

From the window of the Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis greets a local group of Emergency supporting Article 11 of the Italian ...

Pope Francis pointed out the saints he likes to call “the saints ‘next door,’ the everyday ones, hidden, who go forward in ...

Pope Francis said he is praying for the victims of the floods in Spain and the suffering of innocent civilians in the ...

Most Reverend Richard Garth Henning Tenth Bishop Seventh Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston RICHARD GARTH HENNING, Tenth Bishop and Seventh Archbishop of Boston. Ordained Titular Bishop of Tabla a ...

Director Edward Berger delivers a compelling mystery with sprinkles of satire in “Conclave.” In the film, Cardinal Thomas ...

Pope Francis delivers his Sunday Angelus message from a window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter’s Square on Oct.

The selection of bishops has been a debated issue since apostolic times. There is no perfect way to select bishops.

Ehud Olmert, who served as the Israeli prime minister from 2006 to 2009, and Nasser al-Kidwa, the Palestinian foreign minister from 2005 to 2006, met Pope Francis Oct. 17 in the library of the ...

Vatican City, Italy— Pope Francis received in a private audience President Joseph Nyuma Boakai the Vatican Apostolic Palace today, underscoring the strong and enduring relationship between Liberia and ...