The Catholic Church is an institution of remarkable longevity. The year marks the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of ...

The only certainty surrounding the election of the new pope is that he will be a man, and that's a tradition unlikely to ...

In its 800-year history, a conclave has never been this diverse. How will this changing face of Catholicism impact the result ...

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

Four frontrunners have emerged as the most likely contenders known as papabile to succeed Pope Francis but at least a dozen ...

VATICAN CITY] All 133 Catholic cardinals who will vote for a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican said on Monday (May 5 ...

Pope from 1154 to 1159, Adrian IV is never to be forgotten in Ireland, as it was his 1155 Papal Bull, or decree, Laudabiliter ...

Pope Francis’s work on synodality could pave the way for a very different style of Church, with self-governing regional ...

Zerkowski had plenty to say because Francis’ writing and teaching had allowed him to start an LGBTQ ministry at Historic St.

The 133 cardinals of the Catholic Church will enter the conclave on Wednesday as they begins talk to select a new Pope.

Hollywood and the media love intrigue. And the interregnum in the Catholic Church provides much fodder for an institution ...

Outside of the church, Ireland has seen societal change to traditional attitudes, in the form of the thirty-fourth amendment, ...