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

American and Peruvian Position: Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops; president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin ...

ROME (AP) — Rome is bustling with jasmine blooming and tourists swarming. But behind closed doors, these are the days of ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost joins the conclave Wednesday to pick Pope Francis' successor. His rise in the faith began at a South ...

Shortly after it was announced that Pope Francis had died, online gambling websites posted the betting favorites to replace ...

The oath, which explicitly forbids recording or disclosing anything from within the conclave, underscores the Church's ...

The Prophecy of Popes, a Latin-based legend, claims there will not be a 113th Pope, causing conspiracy theorists to believe ...

Activists are fighting a church that wants to put the scandal behind it and a public that may be tiring of it.

Roman Catholic cardinals across the globe are preparing to select a new pope, with the papal conclave kicking off on ...

As members of the College of Cardinals met May 5, all 133 cardinals who plan to enter the conclave to elect a new pope had ...

"We support whoever is the best person," Singapore's Cardinal William Goh said. "We don't choose a pope based on continent, based on race, based on language." ...

The oath-taking is being held in the Pauline Chapel at the Vatican for all those assigned to the upcoming conclave. They ...