The question facing the conclave is whether the cardinals want to continue in the direction set by Pope Francis.

A Pew Research Center study conducted in 2024 found that for every American who converts to Catholicism, another 8.4 leave.

So my co-authors and I chose the title of our 2025 book, Catholicism at a Crossroads, quite intentionally. The church has ...

More than 130 cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel on May 7, 2025. With the announcement "Extra omnes"—"all out"—the doors ...

Over the course of a day and a half, the more than 130 members of the College of Cardinals had come to a decision on who ...

Some 133 Catholic cardinals will enter a conclave on Wednesday to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died April 21 aged ...