Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming conclave at the Vatican ...

The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope” — from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica is followed first by the ...

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A papal conclave blends the political and the spiritual, cardinals and theologians say. Here, in Catholic belief, is how the ...

Two cardinals, Michael Czerny and Chibly Langlois, sat down with ABC News to discuss the challenges facing the church that ...

Pope Francis' death set off a series of traditions that culminates in a vote for his successor. Here are some of the possible ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...

President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the pope. The post has since received criticism ...

President Donald Trump says he had nothing to do with artificially generated image of him dressed as the pope.

After St. John Paul II broke the Italian hold on the papacy in 1978, the field of contenders has broadened considerably, such ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

Like the other ceremonies and traditions that accompany the advent of a new pope, his newly chosen name will be imbued with ...