There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the ...

Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

Christians in the Gaza Strip joined mourners around the world in grieving Pope Francis , who maintained close contact with ...

Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, who has lived in city for decades, strives to maintain good relations with both Israelis and Palestinians but is realistic about challenges ...

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Italian Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, a skilled diplomat from humble origins, is the Catholic Church's highest-ranking ...

Faith, once a quiet undercurrent in Australian elections, is now entangled in questions of ethnic identity, foreign policy ...

The Latin Patriarch speaks Hebrew and lands at Rome as the high-profile prelate in the Promised Land. The Latin Patriarch of ...

Pope Francis repeatedly called for an end to the war in the Gaza Strip, including during an Easter Sunday address delivered ...

Having spent nearly a week In London speaking to the usual (and unusual) suspects, some very high up on the political, ...