Here's how a conclave elects a new pope
As Pope Francis continues to battle double pneumonia in hospital, his poor health is casting a spotlight on the arcane process of how the Catholic Church elects its leader. The papal "conclave" is intentionally shrouded in mystery — the term itself is Latin for "locked room" — but here are some of its rules and wrinkles: Candidates must be male and a baptized Catholic.
The full title of the document — Exsul Familia Nazarethana, or “The Exiled Nazarene Family” — refers to Jesus, Mary and ...
By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger Three Catholic communities in the Diocese of Davenport are dreaming big after receiving $15,000 ...Read More ...
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that aims to expand access to in vitro fertilization, or IVF, a practice the Catholic Church warns is enormously destructive to embryonic human ...
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The future of the Catholic ChurchQ: Synod on Synodality, the broad consultation for the Catholic faithful that began in October 2021 in every diocese around the world, has finally come to an end. What are the key issues that emerged ...
1248 The catechumenate, or formation of catechumens ... including those who are not yet in full communion with the Catholic Church: "For men who believe in Christ and have been properly baptized ...
Raised Catholic, my parents brought us to Mass every Sunday. I still remember driving to the nearest town for Mass even if we ...
Catholic news organization, comprised of television, radio, print and digital media outlets, dedicated to reporting the ...
The Archdiocese of Chapecó has acknowledged what it called an “isolated incident of inadvertent violation of liturgical norms ...
During a Jubilee Year in the Catholic Church that has the theme “Pilgrims of Hope,” the archdiocese’s 2025 Annual Catholic ...
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