What happens when a pope is incapacitated? Is he still pope? Pope Francis remains hospitalized in critical condition with a ...

Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially ...

Rev. Pete Nunnally’s outdoor worship blends faith with nature along Brandywine Creek, part of the growing wild church ...

St. Olaf Catholic Church and affordable housing developer Aeon are moving forward with plans to create 72 affordable ...

Cardinals, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), are bishops and Vatican officials from all ...

Pope Francis remains hospitalized in Rome as doctors treat a worsening respiratory infection that the Vatican has described ...

While the Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, they do not ...

Every year on Feb. 22, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Chair of St. Peter, a tradition that dates back more ...

The Feast of the Chair of St. Peter isn’t about furniture—it’s about the foundation of papal teaching and authority.

Who leads the Catholic Church when the Pope is sick? - Nothing has changed in his status, role or power since Francis was ...

In the 1960s, most Catholic school teachers were members of religious orders. Now, many schools have one or two, or no nuns at all.