But what exactly is a cardinal? - High dignitary - A cardinal (from the Latin "cardinalis", or principal) is a high dignitary of the Catholic Church chosen by the pope to assist him in his government.

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been announced as the next head of the Catholic Church. He is the first pope from the US and took ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as the new titular bishop of Albano, one of the ancient ...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle’s new title, held by Cardinal Robert Prevost before he became Pope Leo XIV, is symbolic at best ...

Prevost, 69, was born and studied in Chicago, receiving a degree in Theology at the Catholic Theological Union of Chicago.

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...

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Furthermore, every member of the flock is obliged by the tenets of the Church to ... to elevate a Catholic leader who is a uniter will only be possible if the cardinals can prevail over their ...

The cardinals have spent days discussing the most pressing challenges facing the Catholic Church and the character traits its new leader needs. Burning issues include falling priest numbers ...

The process to elect the next pope will begin on May 7. ROME -- Two cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church who will be voting in the upcoming papal conclave sat down with ABC News to discuss the ...

Pope Leo XIV, named Robert Francis Prevost, is the first pope from Chicago, United States. He was elected as the new leader ...

The key question facing the cardinals ... is the rootedness in Christ that moves the church out of itself and into the world. The great French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain once said ...