As Catholic cardinals gather for a conclave to elect the next pope, we must all ask: Why are they all wearing red yarmulkes?

Early morning in Galpalliya is a quiet time, yet the air vibrates with sounds of chiselling, and chirping young voices drifting from a small hut behind the Holy Cross Church. Sunlight spills through ...

A look at some of the hundreds of thousands of Catholics from around the world who flocked to Vatican City to pay their ...

A cell phone tableau of inclusion and splendor from last year’s synod contrasts the Francis pontificate with this week’s ...

Black smoke has emerged from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, indicating that a new pope has not been elected.

Intrigue, fashion, humility, faith—133 cardinal electors have descended on Rome to choose a new pope and their every move and ...

If St. Isidore prevails, it would suppress the U.S. founders’ beliefs in the separation of church and state and open the door ...

More than a decade ago, thousands of Thomasians stood shoulder to shoulder under overcast skies and an outpour of rain to ...

The gilded crucifixes, the embroidered capes ... Or, apparently, to identify yourself as a Catholic cleric. It seems they’ve been wearing the tiny hats more consistently, for longer.

Pope Francis wasn’t just the head of the Catholic Church, he was a man who rewrote the rulebook on what it means to lead with ...