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

Taking the estimated number of Catholics in a country and dividing them by the number of cardinal-electors gives some idea of ...

It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that ended the longest papal election in the ...

The image is raising eyebrows on social media, at the Vatican, from a group representing Catholic bishops in New York and from Italians.

In its 800-year history, a conclave has never been this diverse. How will this changing face of Catholicism impact the result ...

Though Francis didn’t make major changes to the conclave, his outreach to what he called “peripheries’’ leaves an imprint that will be felt this week.

Beyond simply picking who the next pope will be, players and gamblers also can guess how many tries it will take the ...

CNN pointed out that the Catholic world is still in a period of mourning following the death of Pope Francis last month. The ...

Time is running out and there are still many cardinals registered to speak at the pre-conclave meetings called general ...

Numerous nuns have fled the abbey after the Vatican stepped in to try and settle the controversy.