Over 1.3 billion Catholics are watching as the 2025 papal conclave begins, following the death of Pope Francis on Monday, ...

Odds are on a short conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor, with 267th pope likely to be picked by Thursday or Friday ...

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

It’s Danny Kind, and he’s not even Catholic. But he’s in a college class that simulated the conclave of 1492. (There were ...

In addition to the division between 'progressives' and 'conservatives', there are cultural and geographical differences among ...

Cardinals gathered at the Vatican for a meeting ahead of electing a new pope have emphasized the need for a pastoral pope who ...

Ahead of the secretive conclave to elect the next pope, all mobile phone signals will be deactivated in the Vatican on ...

Gibson, of Fordham, said another factor that might throw off the traditional resistance to an American pope is the election ...

Pope Francis appointed women to key Vatican posts. Will his successor consider women as deacons and priests next?

The Catholic Church's cardinals on Tuesday are holding their last talks, both at their final general congregation and ...

Conclave to elect new pope starts Wednesday in Sistine Chapel Cardinals discuss Church divisions, future pope’s profile ...

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