Dr. Ronald E. Smith on how to interpret Pope Francis' recent voting guidance for Catholics in the United States.

The Vatican’s Synod on Synodality was nothing like papal gatherings of cinematic lore, but it clearly reflects Francis’s view ...

Iowa City Catholics are divided on who they will vote for in the presidential election after Pope Francis told U.S. Catholics to vote for “the lesser of two evils.” He condemned both presidential ...

Deep in the NCR poll is a set of findings that should distress Pope Francis and the Catholic hierarchy more than either candidate’s camp. Citing Francis’s “lesser of two evils” statement ...

Some Catholic voters are struggling with their decision and may not make up their minds until it’s time to pull the lever—and ...

The meeting of the USCCB will be the first chance for the bishops to talk and plan after the October synod of bishops and the ...

Jews, Muslims, Catholics and other faiths may be more fractured than usual in the 2024 election. Here's what the numbers say.

As we get closer to the end of the year, much of the film world begins to prepare for awards season. Aside from holiday ...

The buzzy Vatican thriller chronicles how the election of a new pope turns into a fight for the soul of the modern-day ...

Pope Francis has paid his respects on Saturday to the “Garden of Angels,” an area in Rome’s third largest cemetery which ...

"With temporal power, or indeed spiritual power, it is very difficult to avoid factions, scheming, the lesser of two evils—all the ... Joseph] Ratzinger as Pope Benedict that describes the ...