A papal conclave blends the political and the spiritual, cardinals and theologians say. Here, in Catholic belief, is how the ...

When the cardinals gather in the Pauline Chapel and process to the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin the process of choosing a ...

“I believe the Holy Spirit always intervenes in the choosing of the next pope,” the Rev. Halmar Adolis Calix, a priest from ...

Asked about what the Catholic Church needs in the wake of Francis’ death, Archbishop Pierre said it 'needs first and foremost ...

Twenty Catholic and evangelical Protestant scholars ... and thus the body of Christ is united when, empowered by the Holy Spirit, believers offer the same perfect adoration and worship.” ...