All mobile phone signal will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...

Here’s a look at some of the leading papal contenders, with the proviso that favorites don’t typically end up getting the nod ...

The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church.

Cardinals are starting the next conclave to select the next pope on May 7. Here’s who AI has pegged as the potential ...

Gibson, of Fordham, said another factor that might throw off the traditional resistance to an American pope is the election ...

Hundreds of cardinals attended mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, to mark the end of a nine-day mourning ...

They seem fundamentally united in finding a pope who will be able to make the 2,000-year-old church credible and relevant ...

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

Speculation grows over who will be named new Pope while cardinals gather for secret election - Italian Cardinal Pietro ...

The soft-spoken, longtime Vatican diplomat could be the next pope - Pietro Parolin has been the Vatican's secretary of state ...

This step is being taken ahead of the secretive vote to select the next pope, who will succeed Pope Francis who passed away ...

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