VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds ...

For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

Cardinal Petrocchi emphasized that this question cannot be resolved solely with historical data and that, ultimately, it is ...

Cardinal Pizzaballa is not particularly confident in current leadership on either side of the conflict. But he is inspired by ...

The purely historical perspective does not allow us to arrive at any definitive certainty,” a Vatican report concluded. “In ...

The United States counts 10 cardinals among the 133 eligible to vote for the successor to Pope Francis, including two from the tri-state area. Only four of the American electors actively serve as ...

Among other bishops and diplomats, two cardinals took part: the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Re, and ...