In 2005, after the death of Pope John Paul II, a group of cardinals met at a restaurant in Rome, and lobbied for German ...

Here are the seven deadly sins or vices in the Roman Catholic tradition as first listed by Pope Gregory I in the sixth ...

In the final stage of his earthly journey, Pope Francis Saturday was entombed in the papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major as a ...

The method the Catholic Church uses to select their leader has remained virtually unchanged for the last 800 years ...

Francis has broken with recent papal tradition by choosing to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore instead of St ...

The conclave to elect a new pope will begin between 6th and 11th May 2025. Approximately 138 cardinal electors will ...

Here are some of the key words and phrases that will be used throughout the interregnum, especially the conclave to elect the ...

Conclave to select new Pope to include Vatican lock-in, days of speeches and puffs of smoke - The method the Catholic Church ...

On March 13, 2013, Francis succeeded Pope Benedict XVI, who was the first pope to retire in six centuries. Francis became the ...

Simply speaking, a lot of popes had proper names that had already been used by the church. For example, Pope Lando in 913 was ...

The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more ...

For centuries, Irish Catholics rigidly adhered to Lenten fast laws. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday were such strictly observed ...