The conclave will have 135 cardinals, with Asian cardinals forming a visible 17 percent of them. African cardinals number 18 ...

The world’s oldest person, Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, died Wednesday at the age of 116, having barely survived ...

Hungary's conservative Cardinal Peter Erdo is a respected expert on canon law known for his openness toward other religions.

When news of Pope Francis’ passing came, it took some time to sit with what that meant, for me and the world at large. My ...

I am moved as I review a video of my recent close encounter with Pope Francis, our Lolo Kiko. It was last January during the Jubilee for communicators. He was being wheeled through the central aisle ...

Even before former pope Benedict XVI's surprise resignation in 2013, Cardinal Peter Turkson had been considered Africa's ...

Ghana’s Cardinal Peter Turkson is seen as one of the Church’s most influential men from Africa, where Christianity is quickly ...

Known by his peers as a serious theologian, scholar and educator, Erdő, 72, is a leading contender among conservatives. He ...

With the papal conclave that will select the next pontiff set to begin next week, all eyes are on nations with large Catholic ...

Buckingham Palace first announced the King's cancer diagnosis in February 2024, with the monarch returning to public-facing ...

ASIA'S front-runner for the papacy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines, is a charismatic moderate often dubbed ...

SINCE college, I have known of the Catholics' partnership through the Movement of Muslim Christian Dialogue. It is timely to ...