NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...

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

The conclave, which will kick off on Wednesday, will be held behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel. It generally ...

Cardinals electing a new pope have some fundamental questions to weigh, beyond whether to give the Catholic Church its first Asian or African pope ...

Cardinals from around the world will meet under Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect a new leader ...

Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. The support staff for the cardinals who will ...

The drama and intrigue of a modern papal election can be movie-worthy, but the level of skulduggery these days is modest ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. All the support staff for the cardinals who will elect the successor to Pope Francis must take an oath ...