Father Peter Donohue, the president of Villanova University, was having lunch with a few of the school’s alums in a Chicago ...

“I’m ecstatic,” said Alec Maddox, 32, a consultant who lives in San Diego, although he and his two brothers, Tommy, 30, and ...

While cardinals this week said they expected a short conclave, it will likely take at least a few rounds of voting.

Pope Leo XIII, who served from 1878 to 1903, led the church into the modern world, emphasizing its moral authority beyond ...