Over the past twenty-two years of my life, having attended Mass almost every week, I have surely heard the phrase “The ...

Francis always encouraged me in our attempt to move forward as an ecumenical community and in welcoming young people from ...

Pope Francis was not afraid of messiness. That seems to have been part and parcel of his pastoral freedom, charging into ...

The cardinals have asked Catholics to pray for them and the conclave. What exactly should we be praying for? And should we be ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—All but four of the 135 cardinals who are eligible to enter the conclave May 7 to vote for a new pope had ...

I wish I did not have to vote because I wish that Francis were still alive. But it is a fact that he has left us,” Cardinal ...

The film centers on Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina, Fellini’s wife and frequent collaborator), a “simple-minded” young woman who ...

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine ...

From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs,”is a brilliant, pithy summation of communist philosophy ...

Hans Zollner, S.J., is the director of the Institute of Anthropology, Interdisciplinary Studies on Human Dignity and Care, a member of the Safeguarding Committee of the Diocese of Rome and a consultor ...

Peter Beer is head of research and development at the Institute of Anthropology, Interdisciplinary Studies on Human Dignity and Care at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

Welcome to America magazine’s Conclave Podcast. Our editors are on the ground in Rome covering the conclave to elect the next ...