Simony, properly defined by the Catholic Church as the selling of ecclesiastical offices and positions, has been designated ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

The Modality for Choosing a Pope The election of a Pope, known as the papal conclave, is one of the most solemn and secretive ...

I would suspect that people are very proud that Chicago produced a pope, and it testifies to the fact that there’s a lot of ...