As the College of Cardinals continues to discuss the church's most pressing issues before the conclave, the Pontifical ...

The post also showed how much more secular Americans have become since John F. Kennedy, the nation’s first Catholic president ...

The rules and rituals for the election of a new pope say that immediately after his election, he goes into the sacristy of ...

As Pope Francis was laid to rest in Rome this week, and the Vatican prepares for a historic conclave to elect a new pope, the world is left to ponder what it means to have lost such a committed ...

The oath-taking is being held in the Pauline Chapel at the Vatican for all those assigned to the upcoming conclave. They ...

When the pope dies, cardinals become celebrities and Vatican City becomes a zoo as paparazzi stalk the corridors of St. Peter ...

COMMENTARY: Pope Francis’ successor should address four main aspects: persecution, social doctrine, missionary withering and poor governance.

President Trump on Monday downplayed the criticism over an AI image of him as the pope that was shared by the White House ...

Many of the cardinals said that the jury is still out as they are still getting to know one another and where each of them ...

Rome welcomed all the cardinal electors entitled to participate in the upcoming conclave. Among them, a drawing took place, ...

ROME – They don’t have a vote in the pope’s election, but nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female Catholic orders met in ...

Beyond simply picking who the next pope will be, players and gamblers also can guess how many tries it will take the ...