When will there be a new pope? Popes are appointed for life. Pope John Paul, who turns 82 this month, is increasingly frail, and during Holy Week celebrations he stepped aside to let others lead ...

Archbishop Chaput delivered the following remarks during the annual Hillenbrand Lecture, sponsored by The Liturgical Institute at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary.

Turning 80, as I do this month, I can no longer kid myself that death is a distant reality. While the temptation is to look ...

More concerned with the action itself than with the theory behind it,’ Torres was relieved of his orders in 1965, after which ...

For more than 30 years, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna has been at the center of the Church’s life — far beyond the confines of Austria. His retirement this week at age 80 marks the ...

The Vatican announced Jan. 22 that Pope Francis had accepted Cardinal Schönborn’s resignation. Cardinal Christoph Schönborn (left) shakes hands with Father Josef Grünwidl, whom Pope Francis ...

“Does God Exist?: The Cry of Man Asking for Salvation” is the title of a new interview book by Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect emeritus of the Congregation — now Dicastery — for Divine ...

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