For Cardinal Juan García Rodríguez, the pre-conclave gatherings are not about orchestrated strategies or names whispered in ...

For those tuning in late, there will be a conclave starting Wednesday, May 7, to elect the new pope. My columns have focused ...

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Time is running out and there are still many cardinals registered to speak at the pre-conclave meetings called general ...

As different as a papal election is from every other kind of election in the modern world, each conclave nonetheless has an ...

Pope Francis' legacy with LGBTQ people mirrors the example of Jesus: Francis was not afraid to be present with us, reaching ...

Thanks largely to the United States' unique civil justice system and robust free press, bishops here have been forced to ...

Legislation that would require clergy to report child abuse or neglect in Washington state was signed into law by Democratic ...

The chimney on the Sistine Chapel is up, and voting to elect the next pope will begin on Wednesday afternoon, May 7. Here is ...

The universal church is on full display during the waiting-for-white-smoke period. Watchers who gather at St. Peter's Square ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

A close-up shows Cardinal Baldassare Reina, papal vicar of Rome, with his hands folded in prayer during the Mass on the third ...