As people watched the papal election process unfold, advocates for issues including female clergy expressed hopes and fears ...

The 133 cardinal electors due to choose a successor to the late Pope Francis gathered inside the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on ...

Catholic Church approaches pivotal conclave with 3 African cardinals among leading pope candidates, reflecting shifting ...

UK cardinal’s final reflections before entering conclave to elect new pope - Cardinal Vincent Nichols is one of more than 130 ...

The death of Pope Francis has ignited widespread online curiosity about the process of electing the next leader of the ...

Intelligence agencies have long gathered information to help their governments get a sense of who the next pope might be ...

Fr. Kyle Doustou, a pastor in Old Town and soon to be Vicar General for the Diocese of Portland, sat down with Maine's Total ...

Wearing bright red vestments, the cardinals processed down the central aisle of the basilica as the Sistine Chapel’s boys’ ...

Catholic cardinal electors from five continents are gathering at the Vatican for the 2025 conclave to select the next pope.

At Mass before the conclave that will elect the next pope, the dean of the College of Cardinals urged his brothers to choose ...

“We need to welcome and accompany,” said Sue DeFerrari, executive director of MorningStar Renewal Center, a Catholic ...