Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of France cooed at babies on Sunday at a church in the Monti neighborhood of Rome. Cardinal Peter ...

Two cardinals, Michael Czerny and Chibly Langlois, sat down with ABC News to discuss the challenges facing the church that ...

That includes Timothy Cardinal Dolan. CBS News New York's Mary Calvi caught up with New York's archbishop near the Vatican on ...

All Vatican personnel involved in supporting the upcoming papal conclave will take an oath of secrecy — under penalty of ...

The Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain and the Sistine Chapel usually top the "must see" list of visitors to Rome and the Vatican.

Pope Francis is credited with addressing the issue more strongly than his predecessors did, but clerical abuse remains a ...

At churches around Rome on Sunday, the cardinals who will begin their voting for pope on Wednesday made customary visits to ...

It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that put an end to the longest papal election in ...

Cardinals hailing from 71 different countries are eligible to elect a pope this week in the most geographically diverse ...

Dietary restrictions, established in 1274, dictate simple meals to maintain focus, while cardinals may seek private dining spots for discussions.

ROME — They don’t have a vote in the election of a pope, but nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female religious orders ...