Although estranged from his own religious order for more than two decades, Pope Francis reconciled immediately after his ...

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

As cardinals gather in Rome this week to select the next pope, global news networks covering every twist and turn will be ...

The secret election appears wide open but here are some of the names, in alphabetical order, being talked about as possible ...

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

All of the 133 cardinals expected to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican ...

The two are passing through Rome on vacation and will continue to southern Italy. But they are practicing Catholics and were ...

"The court is attempting to handle the matter in such a way as to help Father Peter and to avoid scandal to the Church," the ...

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

As the College of Cardinals gathers in Vatican City for the secretive process that will elect a new head of the Roman ...

When Pope Francis took over the Vatican’s leadership in 2013, the church was marred by an unsettled sex abuse crisis that ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - All of the 133 cardinals expected to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope have ...