One of the most pressing questions before the cardinals will be whether to go farther up the road Francis pointed to, or to ...

Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job of pope, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the ...

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth century, and with a history surrounded in myth, legend and controversy, it ...

The Church in Sweden today is the entire global Church in miniature, a cosmopolitan mix of Swedish converts and Poles and ...

On the outskirts of a city in southern Sweden sat a row of unusual stones surrounded by miles of plains. Even from a distance, the rocks piqued the interest of archaeologists — and turned out to be a ...

Unlike U.S. President Donald Trump, who has lost no opportunity to demolish his predecessor's policies, the new Catholic pontiff will not summarily slash and burn Pope Francis' legacy, even if he is a ...