Just days before the conclave to elect a new pope begins, on May 7, believers around the world expressed their desire for ...

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of the direction the Roman ...

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

The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That’s more than any ...

As cardinals gather in Rome this week to select the next pope, global news networks covering every twist and turn will be ...

With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will ...

As the conclave gets underway, eyes are searching for the billowing white smoke that signals Habemus Papam: “We have a pope.” ...

Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, was asked about the post on the sidelines of a Mass he celebrated at a Rome church ...

It’s Danny Kind, and he’s not even Catholic. But he’s in a college class that simulated the conclave of 1492. (There were ...