While Pope Francis accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his ...

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In a matter of days, 135 eligible cardinals from around the world will gather in Rome for a papal conclave in order to choose ...

As Catholic cardinals meet to choose a new pope, they will face a big question: Is it time, after three consecutive ...

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Cardinal Zuppi is largely seen as a candidate who would continue in Pope Francis's progressive footsteps. Here is everything ...

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The coming papal conclave is just days away and, within days or weeks of the doors to the Sistine Chapel closing, the ...

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In theory Francis shared those concerns, promising a more collegial and horizontally oriented church, more synodal, in the ...

European pope in centuries, Francis was especially aware of colonialism’s impact and the need to embrace many cultures within ...

The Vatican — with its politics, its pageantry and its power — has long been a favorite subject for artists and thinkers.