WPSD Local

Daniel Ibañez/CNA Indian Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad of the Syro-Malabar Church, official of the Secretariat of State and organizer of...

Jeffrey Bruno The Vatican quiet in the evening with cardinals inside during Conclave 2025 on May 7, 2025. ANALYSIS: Three of the...

Imperial War Museums Winston Churchill waves to crowds in Whitehall in London as they celebrate VE Day, 8 May 1945. COMMENTARY: Th...

Daniel Ibanez Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are gathering on the first day of the concla...

Gustave Doré, “Jacob Wrestles the Angel,” 1866 OLD TESTAMENT & ART: The story of Jacob’s wrestling match reminds every believer: spi...

Daniel Ibáñez Members of the College of Cardinals attend the Pro Eligendo Mass Wednesday morning in St. Peter’s Basilica. The pre-...

Daniel Ibáñez An image of Carlo Acutis was unveiled at his beatification Mass in Assisi, Italy Oct. 10, 2020. As the cardinals dis...

Pinecrest Academy Young ‘Pope David’ greets the faithful throughout the halls of Pinecrest Academy, along with his cardinals and security...

Cardinals process into the Sistine Chapel as the conclave to elect the 266th successor to St. Peter, the 267th pope, begins on May 7, 2025....

Daniel Ibáñez Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, presides over Wednesday’s Mass for the Election of the Roma...

Confessional EDITORIAL: It’s long-standing and settled law in the U.S. that priest-penitent discussions are privileged private commu...

Wikimedia Commons A Catholic Church in Nagasaki, destroyed by the Aug. 9, 1945, atomic bombing of the city. COMMENTARY: My inter...

Courtney Mares/CNA Cardinals gather in St. Peter’s Basilica for the ‘Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice’ Mass on May 7, the day the conclave to...

atican Media Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, gives the homily at the ‘Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice’ Mass...

View of the top of the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican AN EXPLAINER BASED ON THE CATECHISM

Peter Macdiarmid White smoke billows from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel indicating that the College of Cardinals have elec...

Marco Iacobucci Epp Children hold candles in St. Peter’s Square while praying the Rosary for Pope Francis following his death on April 21....

A pro-life group is urging the Trump administration to reinstate medical safeguards around abortion pills. Three Republican-led stat...

Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA Lt. Matt Owens of the Arlington County Police Department plays the bugle in honor of fallen service members, at the...

Cardinal Michael Czerny, pictured with ‘America’ magazine's Gerald O’Connell and his wife Elizabeth Pique, Oct. 5, 2019. Pope Franci...

Sidney de Almeida Just as the Eucharist is a mystery that transcends simple explanation, so too is the process by which the Church elects...

A view of the Vatican A bell is also rung, part of the ritual introduced when Pope Benedict XVI was elected, which confirms the smok...

The penalties for violating the seal of confession are strict, per canon law. Bishops: ‘Confessions remain sacred, secure, confident...

The New York State Capitol is located in Albany. If passed into law, the legislation will allow terminally ill adults to request med...

Vatican Media Long tables at the Sistine Chapel await the arrival of cardinals for the conclave to elect the next pope, Tuesday, May 6, 20...