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The last Italian pope died in 1978. Now, among the papal candidates ahead of next week’s conclave, there are several Italian contenders.
In the coming days, the pope will be mourned, eulogized and laid to rest as the head of the Catholic church, bishop of Rome and sovereign leader of Vatican City Then, the College of Cardinals ...
Cardinals who traveled to Rome for Francis' funeral will be meeting regularly this week ahead of the conclave as they start to chart a way forward for the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church.
With Pope Francis' passing, the Roman Catholic Church is focused on electing his replacement. Here's what that means.
While there are those who want to back away from Francis' outreach there is one unalterable fact: When the world's Catholic ...
The story of the Rev. Hilarion Alfeyev captures how a once robust effort to bring Russian Orthodox Christianity and the ...
New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond is the leader of approximately half a million Catholics in the second-oldest diocese in ...
Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell will run the Catholic Church for a brief period following the death of Pope Francis. As ...
The fundamental Christian message emphasizes compassion, and the Catholic Church over the centuries has played a vital role ...