Nuns don't have a vote in the election of a pope. But nearly 900 superiors of the world's female Catholic orders gathered in ...

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.” That means they possess the ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Cardinals enter a conclave on Wednesday to choose a new pope, leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...

A few cardinals are seen as front-runners to succeed Pope Francis, yet many of the clerics who will vote have not made up ...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Robert Barron have been tapped to serve on a new presidential commission on religious ...

The cardinals preparing to elect a new pope must strengthen communion in the Catholic Church, promoting a form of unity that ...

After a long period of declining health which saw an increasingly debilitated Francis struggling to hold onto life, it was the demonic visitation of US ...

Scientists have found what they are calling the strongest sign yet of possible life beyond our solar system after detecting the chemical footprint of gases in an alien planet's atmosphere that on ...

She is passionate about empowering others to protect life's most important assets. Wh... As a former claims handler and fraud investigator, Jason Metz has worked on a multitude of complex and ...

After he decided to become a priest, he studied at the diocesan seminary and in 1958 entered the Jesuit religious order. At about that time ... "It (the decision to stay in Santa Marta) saved my life, ...