The death of Pope Francis, after a very public diminishment, closes a signal chapter in Catholic history with absolutely no certainty about who or what comes next. Rather than reflexively corralling ...
Russian scholar Alexander Zinoviev coined the word “Kremlinology,” a term that came to mean intense scrutiny of the personalities and factions in high Soviet leadership, an attempt to predict policies ...
The cardinals who are electing the next pope sometimes look as ideologically polarized as many secular voters around the globe. Many conservative Roman Catholic Church leaders disagreed with Pope ...
Editor’s update (April 21st, 2025): This story has been updated with the news that Pope Francis has died. AFTER MONTHS of ill health Pope Francis died at the age of 88 on Easter Monday. Francis had ...
The Vatican announced this week that its College of Cardinals will convene on May 7 for the conclave process at the famed Sistine Chapel – where they'll elect Pope Francis' successor as leader of the ...