Predicting the next pope can be a notoriously secretive and unpredictable exercise. An old Italian saying even ...

This is the era of the Closet Masculinist: a worldwide male subject exhausted by the punitive enthusiasm of state-sponsored ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who is running the Vatican until a new pope is elected, led the procession to the altar, with clouds of incense and the choir chanting the Litany of Saints hymn. In pairs, ...

Imagine stepping into a church that looks fully Orthodox—icons, incense, chanting, bearded priests—but it's actually Catholic ...