As the conclave approaches, Vatican intrigue intensifies, with Italian ambitions, global rivalries and conservative strategy ...

Each cardinal was met with a barrage of camera flashes and pundits thrusting microphones before them as they approached the ...

Cardinals electing a new pope have some fundamental questions to weigh, beyond whether to give the Catholic Church its first ...

The 132 cardinals tasked with selecting the next pope are all in Rome, with the conclave set to begin on Wednesday. Here's ...

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

NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...

The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope” — from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica is followed first by the ...

Bishop Joseph Brennan and members of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno landed in Rome on Monday. Marquez spoke with Action News and described a sense of busyness as the College of Cardinals ...

As the voting to choose the next pope gets underway, serious questions loom about Europe’s future influence on the Church.

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