At Masses across Rome and socioeconomic lines, Catholics prayed the next pope focuses on poverty and peace days before the ...

While Pope Francis accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his ...

Even those who applauded the actions he took during his 12-year papacy said they were just a beginning, and that his ...

Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...

From cash bets on websites to online games modeled after fantasy football leagues and casual wagers among friends and ...

My hope is that the next pope will follow in Pope Francis’ words in resisting the pull of surface-level spirituality and ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, leading candidates for Pope, face accusations of mishandling child ...

Two cardinals, Michael Czerny and Chibly Langlois, sat down with ABC News to discuss the challenges facing the church that ...

President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the pope. The post has since received criticism ...

Hundreds of cardinals attended mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, to mark the end of a nine-day mourning ...

Like the other ceremonies and traditions that accompany the advent of a new pope, his newly chosen name will be imbued with ...