The disgraced cardinal who has withdrawn from the Conclave - Veteran Vatican official Angelo Becciu will not be in the ...

There could be some high-profile athletes joining the crowds in St. Peter’s Square over the coming days to keep track of the ...

What Conclave the film gets right and wrong about the next Pope’s election - The film, which stars Ralph Fiennes, has enjoyed ...

While Medieval Conclaves could extend for months and even years, the rules were tweaked by Pope John Paul II and Pope ...

Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming Vatican conclave at which members of the College of Cardinals will elect a successor to Pope Francis.

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

For black smoke, the Vatican uses a mixture of potassium perchlorate, anthracene, and sulphur. The white smoke used to signal ...

For this conclave these kingmakers are said to include Timothy Dolan, the conservative archbishop of New York; Jean-Claude ...

Here’s a look at some of the leading papal contenders, with the proviso that favorites don’t typically end up getting the nod ...

Mahendra Patel was looking for Tylenol in a Georgia Walmart two months ago when he encountered a woman with two children – ...

When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday at the start of conclave, the process of electing a new pope, they ...

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