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

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

On Monday, May 5, 2025, at the Pauline Chapel in the Vatican, the staff involved in organizing the conclave will take a ...

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

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

Will cardinals continue Pope Francis' progressive ways or will they turn back the clock in favor of traditionalists?

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 ...

Still, critics from both within and outside of the Catholic Church viewed the reported deal as the Vatican ceding power to China. One clergyman suggested in a New York Times interview in 2018 that ...

The Vatican is grieving the first head of the Catholic Church from the Americas and Saturday marks the beginning of the ...

Still, critics from both within and outside of the Catholic Church viewed the reported deal as the Vatican ceding power to China. One clergyman suggested in a New York Times interview in 2018 that ...

Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA The qualities of a pope go far beyond merely being a kind of CEO of the Catholic Church. Inevitably, at a minimum, he should possess a ...

Papal conclaves routinely "defy the prophecies of even the most seasoned Vatican watchers ... "no ideological faction of the church is at ease." The Catholic Church, with its more than 1 billion ...