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

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

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

Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming conclave at the Vatican ...

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

Conclave fever is also a reflection of the Vatican's successful turn to digital communications in recent years ...

The Catholic Church will begin the secretive process to elect a new pope on Wednesday. The cardinals eligible to vote will ...

Three out of 10 said they attend Mass at least once a week, while the remainder attend less frequently or not at all ...

The conclave will be a "fight for the soul of the Catholic Church" between those who saw promise in the modernising changes ...

Four frontrunners have emerged as the most likely contenders known as papabile to succeed Pope Francis but at least a dozen ...

With conclave set for May 7, Church scholars say successor to Francis must balance legacy, heal rifts between reformists and ...

The only certainty surrounding the election of the new pope is that he will be a man, and that's a tradition unlikely to ...