The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s ...

From his new name to the title he uses to introduce himself, a pope’s first appearance involves symbolic choices that signal ...

The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any ...

“If the Catholic Church wants to survive in this fast-changing world, it needs to change and the pope needs to lead that way, ...