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Shadowy papal politics makes predictions difficult, but certain ‘papabile’ are already gathering their forces

Pope Francis is still the Vicar of Christ—even if he appears to have collapsed in on himself.

NEWS ANALYSIS: Pope Francis sparked a furor when he urged Chinese Catholics to be ‘good citizens,’ but experts say the Church, by its very nature, remains a t...

 Why the Vatican and America’s bishops support open borders.

About a third of the Successors to Peter have been formally raised to the altars.

This pontificate has initiated a process of ecclesial renewal that implies a change in the understanding of the collective conscience of what it means to be church as People of God.

Leaders of the Catholic Church have formed an independent commission to investigate abuse cases depicted in media reports

Father Louis Solica, longtime associate pastor at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church in Little Italy, died March 2 at age 91

Speaking on January 23 to members of an Italian group devoted to promoting world literacy, Pope Francis lamented that the message of Popes John XXIII and Paul VI in their social encyclicals of the 1960s “has not been received.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is “very ill” and Pope Francis has asked for prayers for his predecessor, it was reported Wednesday in Vatican City.