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

Ten of the cardinals that will vote on who will be the next pope hail from the US. Some of them are rumored to be in the ...

Cardinals told RNS they now have a better sense of each other, despite having had little familiarity before the general ...

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more traditional path.

The papacy is not the presidency. The conclave is not a campaign. Understanding the future of the Catholic Church requires ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Jason Horowitz and Emma Bubola Reporting from Rome and Vatican City The death of Pope Francis last ...

Pope Francis, who died at 88 last month, was the first pontiff to be publicly inclusive of the LGBTQ Catholic community.

The Vatican will be on lockdown starting Wednesday. The secrecy surrounding the conclave is to protect the cardinals from any ...

Philly’s LGBTQIA+ community is sharing their emotions and concerns about the transition to Pope Francis’ successor.

The voting process to elect a new Pope gets under way in Rome later and for the second conclave in a row there will be no ...

Wednesday marks the beginning of the conclave process to select the next Pope. 28/22 News spoke with a local priest about ...