The Catholic Church has specific theological and canonical reasons why a woman cannot be appointed as pope. These reasons are ...

Standing on the balcony of the White House’s Blue Room, flanked by the First Lady on one side and the Easter bunny on the ...

Despite the unresolved issues that many Catholics know are long overdue, Francis achieved far more for marginalized people ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

Francis died Monday morning at the Domus Santa Marta hotel where he lived at the Vatican. His death came almost a month after ...

Seven seminarians are scheduled to be ordained deacons by Bishop Michael F. Burbidge April 26. They will be assigned to ...

Ghana's Cardinal Peter Turkson is a top contender to succeed Pope Francis, potentially becoming the first Black pope in over 1,500 years.

Pope Francis died Monday; here are the front runners for the Vatican leadership, and what they've said about Jews, Israel and ...

Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the next ...

Here's what to know about the 10 Americans tasked with assisting in the search for a new pope, including a Michigan native.

Liberals hoped he’d ordain women or allow gay marriage. Conservatives thought he’d tear up Church doctrine. But his papacy ...

Over the centuries, the outcome of conclaves has been impossible to predict. But if the cardinals named by Francis vote ...