For my father’s generation, Gamal Abdel Nasser wasn’t just another Arab leader; he set the standard by which all others have been measured, and none have quite reached it. For the Arab masses ...

A leaked recording of a 17-minute conversation from August 1970 between the late Egyptian President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and Muammar Gaddafi, in which they discuss the conflict with Israel and the ...

Vatican City — So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter's Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher ...

The pope was formally pronounced dead by the cardinal camerlengo — currently Irish-born American Kevin Farrell — who is one of the most important Vatican officials during the interregnum period.

O'Reilly criticizes Pope's 'no walls' position on immigration Despite disagreement, calls Francis 'extraordinary human being' O'Reilly: Pope failed to see harm caused 'under banner of being kind ...

April 27, 2025 • As he prepares to enter the seclusion of a conclave to elect a new pope, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, reflects on diversity and sexual abuse in the ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday joked that he would like to succeed Pope Francis, who died last week at the age of 88. Trump, asked about whom he’d like to see become the next Catholic pontiff ...

Vice President Vance on Wednesday reflected on his meeting with Pope Francis, which came just hours before the pontiff died earlier this week. “I thought a lot about that. It’s pretty crazy ...

HOW THE VOTE WORKS. NO DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR THE CONCLAVE TO BEGIN, BUT ONCE IT STARTS, IT SHOULD ONLY TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO ELECT A NEW POPE. I. SPARE GM WILL HAVE NINE DAYS OF MOURNING.

COMMENTARY: Unlike a politician focused solely on this world, a pope’s chief responsibility is helping to guide millions of souls to the next. Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica ...

As the Catholic Church undergoes its holy ritual to find the successor to Pope Francis, a cardinal with ties to Indianapolis has emerged on several lists predicting who may become the next pontiff.

Many Catholics in Africa are asking whether the next Pope will be from their continent. This, increasingly, seems likely. Names like Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana or Cardinal Wilfrid Napier of ...