Pope Leo XIV will face many challenges in his time as leader of the Catholic Church, including how to counter Chinese ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the current bookmakers' favorite to be the next pope, is facing renewed scrutiny over a deal he made ...

Pope Leo XIV, with his American background, is likely to prioritize the Vatican’s alignment with the West in general, rather ...

Beijing seeks to replace the Vatican’s approved bishop in Xinxiang.

As the Catholic Church continues through a period of interregnum between the reign of popes, Chinese authorities have made ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin is considered the walking, talking embodiment of the Vatican establishment. He is seen as a ...

A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Friday congratulated Pope Leo XIV on being elected the new leader of the Catholic ...

Pope Francis meets a group of faithful from China at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the ...

Ross Douthat, a Times Opinion columnist, hosted an online conversation with Michael Brendan Dougherty, a senior writer at ...

I wish I did not have to vote because I wish that Francis were still alive. But it is a fact that he has left us,” Cardinal ...

While China enjoyed a special deal ... Time will tell whether the next pope will follow in Francis’s footsteps and permit the continuation of liberal Protestant policies. It’s up to the men who will ...

Pope Leo XIV made his first outing since his election and visited Rome, where he visited Pope Francis' tomb and prayed there.