Cardinals yesterday moved into the Vatican accommodation where they will stay during the conclave, on the eve of their ...

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

Who is Pietro Parolin? The longtime Vatican diplomat who could be the next pope - Pietro Parolin has been the Vatican's ...

Two questions are probably responsible for about 90% of conversation between media members that I’ve heard (or overheard) ...

The conclave to elect the next pope begins in Rome on Wednesday. Vatican watchers say the process is more than a simple ...

The next pope is unlikely to hail from the U.S., but here are three possible outliers who could be a factor when the College of Cardinals convenes on Wednesday.

With recent conclaves lasting no more than two days, many expect the choice to be made on Friday or even Thursday. After morning Mass, the cardinal electors surrender their mobile phones, form a ...

Giovanni Maria Vian predicts a long Conclave but believes Pope Francis’s successor will be European: “If I were a cardinal, I ...

Pope Francis died on April 21, triggering a call for the 133 cardinal electors to gather in the Sistine Chapel to select the new leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. With representatives from ...

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.