Following the pope's death comes a period of mourning, followed by a funeral, a period of "congregations," and then the centuries-old, secretive process known as a conclave.

There are always front-runners in a conclave, known as “papabile,” who have at least some of the qualities considered necessary to be pope.

As a young backpacker, I first fell in love with the picturesque village of Rothenburg, in Germany’s Franconian heartland. At that time, the town still fed a few farm animals within its medieval walls ...

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In 1888, a Post-Dispatch article highlighted the work of several of the Catholic orders in St. Louis: ...

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House Republicans voted Tuesday to advance a procedural rule that ends a bitter GOP fight over proxy voting for new parents after Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.

Nestled along the twisting Missouri River sits a town so deliciously German that your GPS might actually say “Wilkommen” when ...