Like most other Americans, Archbishop Gregory Aymond never believed an American cardinal could be elected pope.

Welcome to the season when sneakers trade places with flip-flops and report-card jitters make way for mosquito bites and ...

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th ...

Centuries of experience dealing with the death, or occasional resignation, of a pope has left the Church with thorough ...

Regina Matrum award recipient, Jeanne Vath Ory, niece of former Birmingham Bishop Joseph Vath, was raised to serve God and ...

Fascinating insights from Jari Honora, a genealogist with the Historic New Orleans Collection, about Pope Leo XIV's New Orleans Creole roots. His maternal grandparents were Creole Catholics of color i ...

The Easter Monday death of Pope Francis, with whom I coincidently share a birthday, reminded me of how intertwined my life ...

The cardinals who enter the Sistine Chapel May 7 to elect a new pope use smoke signals to communicate with the outside world.

St. John Paul II had the Domus Sanctae Marthae built primarily to house cardinals in simple comfort during a conclave.

The death of Pope Francis during this Easter time gives us a good opportunity to prayerfully reflect on the mystery of death ...

In a world where children often have cell phones in their hands before they can read and write, the church has a particular ...