A Catholic cardinal convicted of embezzlement and fraud has announced he won't take part in the conclave to choose a ...

A single white rose was placed on the tomb that said "Franciscus" – the pope's name in Latin – inside the Santa Maria ...

The death of Pope Francis paves the way for one of the most secretive events in human history, as depicted in the papal ...

For nearly 180 years, papal conclaves have chosen a new pope in three to five days. In centuries past, they've taken a lot ...

Gen Z has typically taken to memes to make sense of crises and current events. These memes serve a way of making Catholicism ...

Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending conclave following ...

The Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, shares behind the scene secrets of the conclave as the Vatican and ...

and as the Catholic Church mourns his death, it is also looking to the future. On Monday — two days after the pope's funeral — the Vatican confirmed that a papal conclave will begin on May 7 ...

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...

ANALYSIS: While the de-Christianized Old Continent seems to be becoming irrelevant in view of the ongoing shift of Church leadership to the Southern Hemisphere, its cardinals will nonetheless maintain ...

The college of cardinals also shared its gratitude to government and civil leaders for their 'solidarity' with the Church ...

A Catholic scholar explains every step of the conclave process that will determine the successor to the late Pope Francis.