Becoming pope was a big deal for a cardinal and his family. Leading candidates known as papabili (pope-ables) began ...

The secret election appears wide open but here are some of the names, in alphabetical order, being talked about as possible ...

Cardinals wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings Tuesday, trying to identify a possible new pope who could follow Pope ...

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

When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday at the start of conclave, the process of electing a new pope, they will be sealed off from the world.

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

The two are passing through Rome on vacation and will continue to southern Italy. But they are practicing Catholics and were ...

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

As the conclave draws near, I am becoming more nervous and apprehensive about what is ahead of us. But all I am asked to do ...

All cardinals who will elect new pope arrive in Rome ahead of conclave - Nation and World News | Hawaii Tribune-Herald ...

A cell phone tableau of inclusion and splendor from last year’s synod contrasts the Francis pontificate with this week’s ...

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