they will be looking above all for a holy man who can guide the Catholic Church. Beyond that, they will weigh his administrative and pastoral experience and consider what the church needs today.

The head of the basilica that is housing Pope Francis's tomb says it reflects his "humble, simple and essential" life.

Some cardinals expected a short conclave to replace Pope Francis, but it may take a few rounds of voting for one man to secure the two-thirds majority needed.

It was a reflection of Francis’ 12-year project to radically reform the papacy, to stress priests as servants and to construct “a poor church for the poor.” He articulated the mission just days after ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

With the papal conclave under way in the Vatican to select a new pope, many at Holy Name Cathedral prayed Wednesday for the ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Mass on Friday after his historic election as the first North American pope, meeting with ...

Miní, a wild-born female jaguar, takes an unbelievable journey from the Iberá Wetlands to the Gran Chaco forest to revive a ...

Forty-eight-hundred-and-four miles separate Vatican City from Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral, but a group of faithful gathered ...