Workers and clerics assisting the dozens of Catholic cardinals set to gather Wednesday to begin voting on the next pope had ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. The support staff for the cardinals who will ...

Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. All the support staff for the cardinals who will ...

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the ...

As the Vatican prepares for a conclave to choose a new pope, American Catholics share their hopes and concerns for the Church ...

Nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female Catholic orders met in Rome on Monday to chart a course forward, a few miles from ...

Cardinals continued to hold congregation meetings in the Vatican on Monday ahead of the conclave later this week to elect a ...

In its 800-year history, a conclave has never been this diverse. How will this changing face of Catholicism impact the result ...