Since Easter Monday when, in the glow of Easter hope, Pope Francis passed from this life, commentators, columnists, scholars, ...

The treatment of the undocumented -- calling them vermin, terrorists, criminals -- is hardening us. A government-distributed ...

As expected, the 133 cardinals who entered the Sistine Chapel May 7 failed to elect the next pope on their first ballot. After celebrating Mass for the election of a pope, proce ...

As the College of Cardinals gathers in Rome for the conclave that will elect our next pope, the rest of us may feel like we ...

Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognizing that millions of people all over the world were praying for them, 133 cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel with a singular go ...

With respect to receiving the sacrament of penance, Canon 989 tells us that: "All the faithful who have reached the age of discretion are bound faithfully to confess their grave sins at least once a ...

At Mass before the conclave that will elect the next pope, the dean of the College of Cardinals urged his brothers to choose the shepherd the church and all of humanity need ...

As I write this column, I am on the plane returning home to Boston from Rome and the funeral of Pope Francis. By the time ...

With less than 48 hours until the beginning of the conclave, the cardinals who will enter the Sistine Chapel to elect a new ...

On the eve of the conclave that will decide the next pontiff, the ring and lead seal of the late Pope Francis were destroyed in the presence of members of the College of Cardinal ...

Three days ahead of the start of the conclave, the cardinals took the morning off from the general congregation meetings and, ...

As the College of Cardinals continues to discuss the church's most pressing issues before the conclave, the Pontifical ...