With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, ...

Catholic cardinals are filing into the Sistine Chapel for the start of the conclave to elect a new pope to follow Pope ...

Catholic cardinal electors from five continents began Wednesday with a final mass before the start of the conclave to elect a ...

A new CBS News poll shows 42% of U.S. Catholics think the next pope should continue Pope Francis' teachings. "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil spoke with some Americans who are in Rome about what ...

Six are joining in their first papal conclave, and four others participated in the 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis.

The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring the reporting of child abuse confessions to authorities will be ...

One of the world’s longest-running elections will play out for a global audience that has never been so immersed in social ...