It is natural to compare a pope to his predecessors. But many of the comparisons being made now betray an ideological edge ...

Pope Francis' death, nearly 20 years after John Paul II's, marked the end of two distinct yet similar papacies. Fox News' ...

What happens during the interregnum period? Tom Reese, S.J., explains the time between one pope's death and the succession of ...

He must name the idols of our age — comfort, digital distraction, radical autonomy and indifference — and challenge us to ...

Pope Benedict XVI was installed as the 265th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on April 24, 2005, becoming the first German ...

Pope Francis had a remarkable impact on the Vatican. In Poland, the last Catholic stronghold of Europe, Francis took action, ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at age 88. Here's a look inside the conclave process to select the next bishop of Rome.

With the 2025 conclave set to start next week, here's a few facts and drama to know about the centuries old ritual.

With a conclave to elect a new pope scheduled to begin next week, several names have popped up as potential replacements for ...

Pope John Paul II’s 1996 rules on the election of ... to allow the cardinals time to arrive and prepare. But in 2013, Pope Benedict XVI added the qualification that conclaves can start earlier ...

Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana is seen as one of the Catholic Church's most influential figures from Africa, a region where ...