If Tagle were elected, it would also likely signal to the world's 1.4 billion Catholics that the cardinals want to go forward ...

There is no rule that cardinals electing a new pope vote a certain way according to their nationality or region. But ...

Hype has been building on social media around the Catholic Church's secretive, centuries-old tradition of conclaves to elect ...

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

Throughout history, there has been no shortage of outside attempts to influence the outcome of a conclave to elect a new pope ...

The Vatican said Monday it would cut the phone signal within the tiny city state during the conclave to elect a new pope — ...