In Detroit, traditionalist Catholics were bracing for a crackdown. The promise of change in Rome offers them a sliver of hope ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

Here is the full text of Cardinal Dominique Mamberti’s homily for the ninth and final Novendiales Mass on Sunday, May 4, the third Sunday of Easter.

Their faith was based on such a strong and personal experience of Christ, dead and risen, that they were not afraid of ...

Here is the full text of the homily from Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, delivered at the sixth Novendiales Mass on May 1.

From conclave to “Habemus papam,” here’s what to know about the words and phrases that guide the process after a pope dies.