The ideological center of the wealthiest, most powerful country would appear to justify a cardinal. What factors are at play?

A new pope could be named within a matter of hours, after more than 100 Catholic cardinals gathered inside the Vatican on ...

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

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

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

One conclave in the 13th century took nearly three years. Others took just one day. Pope Francis was elected on the second ...

The president is racing ahead with his agenda thanks to a little help from his enemies rather than from his friends.

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When Garrett spoke of sinful empathy, he merely echoed writers like Joe Rigney, who helped popularize the idea years before ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

The Trump administration's latest publicly-fought battles come as he pushes for steep film tariffs and the reopening of one ...

U.S. Judge Beryl Howell issued a permanent injunction against the president Friday night, ruling that his executive order ...