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

The Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul and Holy Family Church both in Lewiston, and Holy Trinity Church in Lisbon will offer special services Wednesday to mark the first day of the conclave to elect a ...

An AI-generated image of President Donald Trump dressed as the pope is drawing criticism from some Catholics after it was ...

The eyes of 1.4 billion Catholics are fixed on the Vatican City today as 132 cardinals started arriving in Rome as they ...

For Christians in the Middle East, this moment carries particular significance. These ancient communities, rooted in lands ...

The developments come amid real questions about how prominent the abuse scandal is featuring in the discussions about finding ...

Cardinals who engaged with the media Monday spoke only in the most general terms about the sort of pope they’re looking for. ...

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

The College of Cardinals held its 11th general congregation at 5 p.m. Rome time on Monday in preparation for the May 7 conclave.

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 ...