African Catholics are enthusiastic about the possibility of a new pope who could reflect the continent’s growing influence within the Catholic Church With at least three African cardinals in the ...

especially men, away from Democrats in 2024. We may go back to normal in 2028 and see Catholic voters go back to being roughly in accord with the population as a whole. But it may also be that we ...

Originally from Crestline, Ohio, he is in charge of his Protestant organization’s relationship with the Catholic Church. “I think the choice shows there was probably some compromise among the ...

However, in 2023, he told the Catholic News Service the Church should be more open. “Given many things that have changed, I would say there’s been a development in the sense of the need for ...

the first American ever elected to lead the Catholic Church. What began as a regular meeting at the archdiocese’s Smyrna headquarters quickly turned into a watch party as the white smoke from ...

Welcome to America magazine’s Conclave Podcast. In this episode, veteran Vatican reporter Gerard O'Connell speaks to Colleen Dulle and Sam Sawyer, SJ about the unexpectedly quick election of ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic ...

Martin Bürger is acting editor-in-chief of CNA Deutsch. He has been writing about Catholic topics for almost two decades and has reported from Germany, Austria, and North America. He completed ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday ... Leo XIV has kept a low public profile but was well-known to the men who count. Significantly, he presided over one of the most revolutionary ...

While Florida is politically significant, its Catholic population is small compared to the global Catholic community. The selection of a cardinal is based on individual merit and pastoral skills ...