Phyliss Zagano, a Hofstra professor who was on a papal panel studying the issue, has high hopes that the next pontiff will ...

Amarillo Bishop Patrick James Zurek spoke about his experiences of meeting Pope Francis during a special evening Memorial ...

With a conclave to elect a new pope scheduled to begin next week, several names have popped up as potential replacements for ...

Not only did Pope Francis value and promote the dignity of labor, he was someone who personally worked extremely hard, finding joy and rest in work itself, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández said at the ...

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered "papabile," or possessing the ...

Cardinals from around the world are preparing for what will be the largest papal conclave in history, and the first African American cardinal in the U.S., who began his Catholic journey on Chicago's ...

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine Chapel that will signal the election of a successor to Pope Francis ...

The Diocese of Sioux City has ordained its eighth bishop in its 123-year history. Bishop John Keehner was ordained during a ...

Reverend John Keehner, formerly of the Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio, will be ordained as the eighth bishop of the Sioux City ...

The Rev. John Keehner, a former Stark County priest, is being installed today as the eighth bishop of the Catholic Diocese of ...