While much of the world’s attention is on what will happen in the Sistine Chapel and the men who will choose the church’s next leader starting May 7, the enduring legacy of Pope Francis is seen in the women whose voices helped shape — and carry forward — his vision.

Nearing 80 years old, Italian Cardinal Mario Zenari has spent the past 16 years in the wartorn nation of Syria as papal nuncio.

Maryland’s four Catholic universities will feature a gold medalist, two healthcare leaders and a noted biblical scholar as their 2025 commencement speakers.

 A funeral Mass was offered April 16 for Daughter of Charity Sister Elizabeth Ann (Shirley Elizabeth) Lingg in the Villa Chapel in Emmitsburg. Sister Elizabeth Ann, a pharmacist and hospital administrator, died April 2 at Villa St. Michael. She was 93.

True discipleship is not measured by the creeds Christians recite or the theology they know, but by how deeply they love, a cardinal said at a memorial Mass for Pope Francis.