As Catholics came together at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles to pray for the cardinal ...

Thick plumes of black smoke appeared from a chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel at 11:51 a.m. to indicate no winners emerged ...

Many Americans were around in Rome, some of whom live locally, or attend school, and others who were visiting -- looking for ...

As an associate pastor, then-Father Ranjith was "a very energetic young priest" with a strong affinity for the poor, like ...

The ballot, however, failed to reach the two-thirds supermajority, or 89 votes, that is required for a new pope to be elected ...

Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognizing that millions of people are praying for them, 133 cardinals entered the ...

The Justice Department said May 5 it opened a civil rights investigation into the development and passage of legislation in ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, gives his homily as he presides over the Mass "Pro Eligendo ...

As of March 25, the federal government has paused the permanent residency process for certain migrants, refugees and asylees ...

Vatican's security approach for the conclave "offers a blueprint for protecting privacy," said a U.S security expert.

At the start of his second term in January, President Donald Trump issued an executive order seeking to combat what he called ...

At Mass before the conclave that will elect the next pope, the dean of the College of Cardinals urged his brothers to choose ...