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

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

All mobile phone signal will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...

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

As the voting to choose the next pope gets underway, serious questions loom about Europe’s future influence on the Church.

We may be stuck with labels drawn from the political world. But the cardinals who enter the conclave tomorrow need to select ...

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

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

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

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