The 133 cardinal-electors begin the process, following prayer and taking of their oaths. A reflection and Marian hymn will ...

EDITORIAL: It’s long-standing and settled law in the U.S. that priest-penitent discussions are privileged private ...

At the end of the Mass, the cardinals and congregation sang the Regina Caeli, the traditional Easter hymn to the Blessed ...

We are here to invoke the help of the Holy Spirit, to implore his light and strength so that the Pope elected may be he whom ...

Starting Wednesday, 133 cardinal electors from 71 countries are gathering in the Sistine Chapel, making this conclave the ...

COMMENTARY: Preaching, worship and charity aren’t rival qualities but form a unified mission — and the new pope must live and lead with all three.

This, then — love it or leave it — is what popes are for, according to the Catechism: keeping the bishops in step, keeping ...

A bell is also rung, part of the ritual introduced when Pope Benedict XVI was elected, which confirms the smoke is white and ...

While the tradition of holding a Blue Mass at St. Patrick’s began just over 30 years ago, Msgr. Criscuolo said the tradition ...

Three Republican-led states sued the FDA last year, maintaining that the loosening restrictions on the drug mifepristone have ...

President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating an “anti-Catholic law” in Washington state that ...

Each May, the Church honors the Blessed Mother. The words of our most recent popes about Our Lady also relate to their focus ...