The universal church is on full display during the waiting-for-white-smoke period. Watchers who gather at St. Peter's Square ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the Catholic Church has chosen a date to elect its new leader, in a process virtually ...

Vatican workers installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the conclave to elect a ...

Francis-era reforms that saw a diverse group of cardinals join the mix make his successor nearly impossible to call.

"And so it is what is, I guess, but it's very unfortunate," said Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey S. Grob. "It's a very serious ...

When asked about the image, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York who is friendly with Trump, said "it wasn't ...

It’s been almost a half a century since questions could be shut down with the verity: “Is the Pope Italian?” In that time, ...

While Pope Francis accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his ...

As the Conclave Nears, Global Betting on the Next Pope Raises Eyebrows and Questions of ReverenceAs the Catholic Church ...

The process of choosing a pope will have little if any of the zero-sum scheming common among bitterly divided U.S.

A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” (with a key) to ...

Hundreds of cardinals attended mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, to mark the end of a nine-day mourning ...