By Jed Nelson There are moments in history that are so important, so joyful or tragic that we remember exactly where we were or what we were doing when the news was broken to us. The moment the TV ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich visited the Chicago school that became a viral sensation for holding a mini conclave while the real ...

The ballot solemnly placed in the urn and even the white smoke after the election of the 'mini' Pope, with ballots burned in ...

Pope Leo XIV Thursday met with members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors to get an update about their ...

so in 1274 he established the conclave as the process for papal elections. Over the next eight centuries, the conclave would see only minor changes, the most significant coming from Paul VI in 1970.

Pilgrims from the Philadelphia region mourned during the funeral of Pope Francis and celebrated the election of Pope Leo XIV ...

I haven’t encountered any American who didn’t experience one of those sentiments upon learning a U.S. citizen became the next pope.

Michael Kelly, author of a new book on Pope Leo, sets out the challenges ahead and shares his hope that Northern Ireland will ...

The conclave—the process by which the cardinal electors ... Let’s take a look at the election of the pope through the centuries, all the way to the 2013 conclave following Benedict XVI ...

As for Catholicism in the Central Valley, I know we have a bishop and many clergy that see the importance of meeting people ...

When someone accepts election as pontiff, there undergoes a change in that individual, not only in life purpose in leading ...