He installed Washington, D.C.’s first Black cardinal, connected with America’s first Black president, and appointed three Black men who are in contention to succeed him. He condemned racism as ...

Catholic cardinal electors from six continents gathered Wednesday inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican for the 2025 conclave to select a new pope. After the first round of voting, black smoke ...

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York has some ... links him to the rich and sometimes overlooked Black Catholic experience in America.

Here is the full text of a working translation of the homily of Cardinal Baldassare Reina on the third day of the Novendiales in Rome.

At 72 years of age, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, the Archbishop of Newark, is one of the ten cardinals from the United States that will have a vote at the conclave — and possibly be selected.

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson ... If elected, Turkson would make history as the first Black pope and the first African pope in over 1,500 years, since Pope Gelasius I (492–496 AD).

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa ... He moves quickly, in long, deliberate strides, the seams of his black cassock billowing like a swimmer’s stroke ahead of his arrival. He was born in Bergamo ...

Catholic Africans think it is a long shot, though some are cautiously optimistic that Pope Francis’ successor could be a Black cardinal from their continent. The answer will come soon ...

With the start of the conclave May 7, there are five cardinal electors who bring a significant amount of experience to the process. Four electors — Cardinals Peter Turkson, Philippe Barbarin ...