Father Kunst of St. James Parish in Duluth has been to Rome many times, leading tours. But this time, it just happens to also ...

Early Tuesday morning, a Virginia man arrived in Rome for the papal conclave, a centuries-old tradition by which a new pope ...

Through Western eyes (including Irish ones), the contest is often framed within the church’s sometimes tortuous struggle to ...

On the eve of the conclave to elect the next pope, the world's smallest country, Vatican City, is engulfed in commotion as cardinals and pilgrims descend.

Cardinals have wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings in the Vatican, trying to identify a possible new pontiff to follow ...

Although they come from 70 different countries, the 133 cardinal electors seem fundamentally united in insisting that they ...

Ahead of the conclave, there are many ways in which papal candidates can be surfaced, discussed and scrutinized. While many ...

The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church.

There could be some high-profile athletes joining the crowds in St. Peter’s Square over the coming days to keep track of the conclave to elect a new pope.