There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will ...

Cardinals will gather on 7 May in a conclave in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope. Here is a brief glossary of ...

What the world’s Indigenous Catholics don’t want to lose with the death of the first pontiff from the Southern Hemisphere: ...

"I’m happy about the work that we did with the kids because they now carry in their hearts that seed of faith." ...

Here’s a look at some of the leading papal contenders, with the proviso that favorites don’t typically end up getting the nod ...

On the final day of official mourning for the death of Pope Francis, the late pontiff was remembered as someone who was ...

Pope Francis' lying-in-state has been taken over by people holding up their smartphones in crowds as they try to capture the ...

European pope in centuries, Francis was especially aware of colonialism’s impact and the need to embrace many cultures within ...

One of Pope Francis's popemobiles is being transformed into a mobile health clinic for children in Gaza, fulfilling one of ...

Mistakes were made, apparently. ‘Woe be unto the person who decided to do it the way that they did it,’ one expert says.

Arsenal face a difficult test to reach the Champions League final, but two theories, including Pope Francis' death, suggest ...