The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

The Catholic Church is not dying from persecution. It is dying from confusion. Under Pope Francis, ambiguity became policy.

Fr. Schmidt says in past centuries, some conclaves have lasted for months, but no conclave has lasted more than four days ...

After a pope dies, the College of Cardinals assumes governance of the Catholic Church. These cardinals, chosen by popes, ...

Will cardinals continue Pope Francis' progressive ways or will they turn back the clock in favor of traditionalists?

Sixteen days after the reign of Pope Francis ended with his death on Easter Monday, the Catholic Church is looking to the future. The papal conclave got underway Wednesday afternoon in Rome ...

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

The question facing the conclave is whether the cardinals want to continue in the direction set by Pope Francis.

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo led the Sioux City diocese as bishop for six years during the early 2000s. The 75-year-old is ...

For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...

Omaha native Blase Cupich is back in the States after attending the conclave in Rome last week. He's one of the 251 cardinals in the world. Cupich spent six years working with Robert Prevost, who's ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...