At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...

As the Vatican prepares for a conclave to choose a new pope, American Catholics share their hopes and concerns for the Church ...

They don’t have a vote in the pope’s election, but nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female Catholic orders met in Rome on ...

A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the ...

After the death of Pope Francis, cardinals of the church will soon gather to pick the next pontiff, with many flocking to social media to share updates with the public.

US President Donald Trump posted an AI image of himself as the pope, prompting accusations of poor taste in the Roman Catholic community just days before the conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor ...

All 133 Catholic cardinals who will vote for a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican said on Monday, two days before ...

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

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent priorities for Pope Francis' successor.

At Masses across Rome and socioeconomic lines, Catholics prayed the next pope focuses on poverty and peace days before the ...

Cardinals from all over the world are gathering in Rome to elect a new pope. The conclave begins on Wednesday.