Timothy M. Dolan is one of 10 cardinals from the United States who will have a vote in the ritual that will determine the ...

Pope Francis, 88, died following a stroke that led to a coma and irreversible heart failure, the Vatican announced. The pope was hospitalised for several weeks in February, after suffering from double ...

At the end of a pope's reign, a secret vote takes place at the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Rome. Here is the election ...

A Catholic scholar explains every step of the conclave process that will determine the successor to the late Pope Francis.

Pope Francis wished to be buried in a "simple" tomb at Rome's Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, bearing only the ...

My reflections on the papacy of Pope Francis, who died at the age of 88 April 21, are intertwined with experiences of prayer.

Pope Francis, the reforming head of the Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88, the Vatican has confirmed. Follow our ...

Holy Saturday falls between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, marking the solemn time when Jesus was in the tomb after his ...

The sixth word from the cross brings us to the death of the Lord Jesus, crucified for our sake.

In recent decades, some Christians have moved away from the theory of penal substitutionary atonement, which summons up the ...

So, it shouldn't be much of a surprise that the "I Am" statements of Jesus in the New Testament book of John actually have a ...

I want to hold up Genesis’ story of Joseph as a mirror to the story of Christ’s Passion — for it tells how God sent a man in ...