For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But Europe remains the largest source of cardinals.

The Church in the Netherlands is gaining momentum thanks to the “creative minority” of young people rediscovering the Catholic faith, Cardinal Willem Eijk said. Though Eijk considers the ...

Cardinal Napier reflected on participating in protests years ago and being afraid that police might open fire on him and his ...

On the second day of the conclave at the Vatican, the cardinal electors chose Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new pope, Leo XIV.

Unity that is built on superficial love can never be real unity,' he continued. 'Unity must be founded on truth that is ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been announced as the next head of the Catholic Church. He is the first pope from the US and took the papal name Leo XIV. The iconic Empire State Building in New York ...

South African Cardinal Wilfrid Napier this week said the Catholic Church can lead in helping overcome decades of apartheid and racial divide that continue to dominate life in his country.

Hong Kong’s Catholic church has declined to say if it will hold a mass this year to commemorate victims of the Tiananmen ...

Pope Benedict XVI had appointed about 56 percent of the cardinals that chose his successor in the 2013 conclave. The Catholic Church is not organized in clear factions, and open campaigning is ...

Deepening unity among Catholics will be the greatest challenge facing the next pope, who will be elected as early as Wednesday.

Francis selected cardinals who he felt shared his sense of the church — that it should be ... like ordaining women as deacons and changing Catholic teaching on L.G.B.T.Q. relationships.

Since Francis’ death last month, survivors of sexual abuse and those who monitor the Roman Catholic Church’s handling of abuse cases have also arrived, hoping to persuade cardinals to make the ...