With Pope Francis a few weeks away from his 88th birthday, the plotting for his successor is well underway at the Vatican.

Former Roman Catholic Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano penned an open letter urging American Catholics to support former ...

T here’s something hilarious, and wonderful, about seeing actors you know striding importantly around a soundstage version of ...

The Vatican, the smallest country in the world, has an economy shrouded in secrecy. Here are some little known facts that ...

Conclave' draws the crowds at the Rome Film Festival near the Vatican, but is it too close to the bone for Pope Francis?View ...

In Edward Berger’s “Conclave,” the selection of the pope is no holy affair. Instead, it’s a petty, political campaign carried ...

Commonweal magazine, founded in 1924, wrestles with its mission at a moment of a continuing loss of faith in both the church ...

From its magisterial status to proposals on church governance, here are answers to the most pressing questions about the ...

A sense of urgency has been growing after the role of women emerged as a dominant theme when Catholics from across the globe were canvassed for their views ahead of a meeting of bishops and lay people ...

After a priest recently expelled from a Peru-based society has denied allegations of sexual abuse, two former members of the group have said he not only committed the abuse, but obstructed justice in ...

Pope Francis closed the global Synod on Synodality’s final assembly on Sunday with a call for a Church that “hears the cry of ...