It’s hard to describe the mood in Vatican City right now. There is great expectation and excitement but also a sense of ...

Do we really trust the Holy Spirit to guide the election of a pope? What does that trust feel like? Zac, Ashley, Sebastian ...

For much of the past century, the conclave has needed between three and 14 ballots to find a pope. John Paul I—the pope who ...

Now that the 133 cardinal electors are ensconced in the Sistine Chapel to elect a successor to Pope Francis, some potential ...

The world won’t know who the electors have chosen as the next pope until the moment that man’s names (both his given name and ...

As expected, the 133 cardinals who entered the Sistine Chapel May 7 failed to elect the next pope on their first ballot.

For these next days of waiting, first and foremost for the cardinals in conclave and then also for all of us: Come, Holy ...

As the Catholic Church prepares to elect a new leader, the editors of 'America' remember an extraordinary and beloved pontiff ...

The faithful of Sacred Heart Parish in Hidalgo, Texas, gather with bishops, priests and deacons for a special Mass in 2018 to ...

Christ calls us to leave the past for dead, to live in the present, to journey towards the “eternal life” he promises. Yet it ...

The theme of God as shepherd comes through in each of the readings this Sunday. The connection between the divine shepherd ...

The faithful of Sacred Heart Parish in Hidalgo, Texas, gather with bishops, priests and deacons for a special Mass in 2018 to ...