Over time, the Vatican began using smoke as a way to communicate with the outside world while preserving the strict ...

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

Pope Francis’ former point man on migrants has drawn criticism with comments in the context of the African continent being ...

As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel, ...

If the vote doesn't yield the two-third majority needed to elect the new pope, the cardinals go back to guesthouse Casa Santa ...