A papal conclave blends the political and the spiritual, cardinals and theologians say. Here, in Catholic belief, is how the ...

When the cardinals gather in the Pauline Chapel and process to the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin the process of choosing a ...

Wednesday 7 May, the Cardinals and more than 5,000 faithful gathered in St Peter's Basilica for the Mass for the Election of ...

We are here to invoke the help of the Holy Spirit, to implore his light and strength so that the Pope elected may be he whom ...

Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognizing that millions of people all over the world were praying for them, 133 ...

Cultures often pass on their wisdom by means of proverbs. In the 18 years that I lived in Rome, I struggled to make sense of ...

As we meditate on the implications of the Trinity, may we be inspired to reflect God s self-giving love in our lives and ...

El Paso's Bishop Mark Seitz released a video statement upon the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the new leader of Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. "We don't realize until ...

Cardinal electors should not think the conclave is for them but to discover who among them will be chosen as the next head of ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the 91-year-old dean of the College of Cardinals, presided over the liturgy, underlining the ...