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 ...

Long touted as a potential successor to Pope Francis, Hungary’s conservative Cardinal Peter Erdo is a respected expert on ...

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

The new pope will be elected at a conclave that starts next week, and will take immediate charge of the Vatican, but change ...

A week before the conclave to choose a new pope opens, preparatory talks intensified Wednesday as cardinals sounded out ...

Martin Scorsese is producing a documentary made with Pope Francis that will chronicle the late pontiff’s work with cinema in ...

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

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