In Detroit, traditionalist Catholics were bracing for a crackdown. The promise of change in Rome offers them a sliver of hope ...

The cardinals began the day by participating in a final pre-conclave Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. The dean of the College of ...

More than 65 years later, I still remember the experience of being an altar boy reciting the entirety of the Catholic Mass in ...

Newly chosen Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass at the Sistine Chapel on Friday, along with the cardinals who elected him. Follow ...

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

At Sunday morning Mass, several faithful stopped by the last pew to greet an occasional visitor – Cardinal Oswald Gracias of ...

“It was pretty apparent back then that was going ... of those ladies who keeps a Catholic parish running, a constant presence at the school. She was in the Altar and Rosary Society, at one ...

Our live coverage of Pope Leo’s first mass as ... through the altar. Rather than using the grand, traditional altar in the Sistine Chapel – one that would have placed his back to the cardinals ...

Cardinals have entered St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday to celebrate a final Mass before the conclave to elect the next pope ...

Among leading traditionalists, Cardinals Robert Sarah and Raymond Burke have garnered the most media attention. A few ...