Philatelists all over the world now have a new object of desire: the Vatican's special Sede Vacante stamp. The stamps mark the interregnum between the death of Pope Francis and the election of his ...

Despite hopes for potential sainthood, in Argentina, "we cry because we did not fully understand or appreciate the extent of ...

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the ...

Catholic Church leaders in Africa remember Francis as a pontiff who kept the continent close to his heart, advocating for its ...

St. John Paul II called Faustina’s canonization and Divine Mercy Sunday the happiest day of his life — a summit moment of his ...

Father Joseph Thong Nguyen’s joyful personality belies a steely determination that was tested when he was arrested and beaten ...

At 72 years of age, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, the progressive Archbishop of Newark, is one of the ten cardinals from the United States that will have a vote at the conclave to elect a new pope — and ...