Hailing from 70 countries across five continents, the group -- summoned following the death of Pope Francis on April 21 -- is ...

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The oath, which explicitly forbids recording or disclosing anything from within the conclave, underscores the Church's ...

Activists are fighting a church that wants to put the scandal behind it and a public that may be tiring of it.

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Dozens of Vatican staff members, including security, housekeeping and maintenance workers, are sworn to secrecy regarding ...

Roman Catholic cardinals across the globe are preparing to select a new pope, with the papal conclave kicking off on Wednesday. Following the death of Pope Francis last month, the Catholic church ...

"We support whoever is the best person," Singapore's Cardinal William Goh said. "We don't choose a pope based on continent, based on race, based on language." ...

Besides the obvious speculation about the next pope, many in Rome are wondering what name he will choose.

Though Francis didn’t make major changes to the conclave, his outreach to what he called “peripheries’’ leaves an imprint that will be felt this week.