Cardinals say the primary task facing them when the conclave opens Wednesday is to find a pope who can be both a pastor and a ...

Should the Catholic Church welcome gay families? Should it welcome women at the altar? As 133 cardinals prepare for the 2025 ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, once a powerful Vatican official and leading papal contender, has formally withdrawn from ...

A conclave of 133 cardinals is set to meet on Wednesday in the Sistine Chapel. They will decide who will be the next pope to ...

As the College of Cardinals gathers in Vatican City for the secretive process that will elect a new head of the Roman ...

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

As the secret conclave to elect a new pope is set to start on Wednesday in the Sistine Chapel, one cardinal says he has ‘no ...

The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any ...

The 133 cardinals seem fundamentally united in finding a pope who will be able to make the church credible and relevant today ...

Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming Vatican conclave at which members of the College of Cardinals will elect a successor to Pope Francis.

The conclave to elect the next pope begins in Rome on Wednesday. Vatican watchers say the process is more than a simple tussle between conservatives and reformers. The winner will determine the fate ...