Pope Francis

(OSV News) — Parishioners of St. Jude Parish in the Chicago suburb of New Lenox, Illinois, may have had a moment of shocked recognition as the first American pope stepped out …

In fact, many people didn’t recognize who he was when he came out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica.

At Mass before the conclave that will elect the next pope, Cardinal Re urged his brothers to choose the shepherd the church and all of humanity need “at this difficult …

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

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis issued regular appeals for prayers for Myanmar — a nation embroiled in a political and humanitarian crisis since a military coup plunged the crisis …

In a casual aside in an article two or three years into Pope Francis’ pontificate, and a year or two before I came to Our Sunday Visitor, I wrote that …

As successors to the apostles, members of the College of Cardinals are called to follow the example of Christ who came to serve and not be served, the subdean of …

Before he was known for anything else, Pope Francis was known as “the first non-European pope in nearly 1,300 years.” As we absorb the news of Francis’ death and anticipate …

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost of the United States of America, who has served both as a missionary and in the Roman curia, is the 267th Bishop of Rome.

With representation from more than 50 countries, the college of cardinals has the most global composition than ever before. Here are the top papal contenders.