The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

Following Monday’s mass at St. Pius X Catholic Church, the congregation paused outside for reflection as the church bells ...

Francis X. Rocca covered the Vatican and global religion for The Wall Street Journal. A native of Washington, D.C., he has ...

Catholics around the world are mourning the death of Pope Francis, and today on the Eastside, St. Pius X held a special mass ...

A Mass of mourning at the St. Pius church as congregation members gathered, reflecting and remembering the life and legacy of ...

But here’s the thing: timing is not causality. The idea that papal deaths somehow signal or foreshadow world wars is ...

Pope Pius X was born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto in 1835. He served as pope from 1903 to 1914, and was canonized in 1954. He ...

In February, Pope Francis was hospitalized for bronchitis and spent weeks recovering. On Easter Sunday, Pope Francis spent ...

Early in his papacy, Francis made a declaration that now appears prophetic: “I want a mess.” ...