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

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Cardinals enter a conclave on Wednesday to choose a new pope, leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...

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

Cardinals who will take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope began checking into two Vatican hotels.

Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming conclave at the Vatican ...

A papal conclave blends the political and the spiritual, cardinals and theologians say. Here, in Catholic belief, is how the ...

Pope Francis diversified the College of Cardinals more than any of his predecessors, shifting the balance of power away from ...

When the all-male College of Cardinals convenes this week to choose the next pope, we know one thing for certain: They will ...

African outreach was among Pope Francis' legacies, observers say, with numerous visits and a message of mercy inspiring ...

The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope” — from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica is followed first by the ...

President Donald Trump says he had nothing to do with artificially generated image of him dressed as the pope.

The archbishop is a standard-bearer for those in the church who favor a return to traditional rules and doctrine after Pope ...