Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Francis, the 266th pontiff in the church's nearly 2000-year history, was interred over the weekend in the Basilica of St. Mary ...

The Vatican announced this week that its College of Cardinals will convene on May 7 for the conclave process at the famed Sistine Chapel – where they'll elect Pope Francis' successor as leader of the ...

(RNS) — Although he has said that, as a Catholic, he supports "100%" the teaching authority of the church, Rubio has also said the pope only has authority on some topics. (RNS) — Shortly after Pope ...

The death of Pope Francis, after a very public diminishment, closes a signal chapter in Catholic history with absolutely no certainty about who or what comes next. Rather than reflexively corralling ...

When I was first driving, my dad’s car would often slowly accelerate — something wrong with the throttle — and even when I let my foot off the gas would keep speeding up. Eventually I’d have to swerve ...

Conversions to the Roman Catholic religion have overtaken Evangelical Protestantism in the USA, with Gen Z being behind the new spirit of religious feeling, according to a survey. Data collected by ...

The Vatican announced this week that its College of Cardinals will convene on May 7 for the conclave process at the famed Sistine Chapel – where they'll elect Pope Francis' successor as leader of the ...

The College of Cardinals will convene on May 7th at the Sistine Chapel to elect Pope Francis' successor. Catholicism is the largest branch of Christianity, differing from other branches primarily in ...