As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel, ...

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

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

He eased rules on annulments and remarriage within the church and allowed priests to bless same-sex marriages. Some Catholics ...

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

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

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

He served as the Vatican's Secretary of State during Francis's papacy, having already replaced him at some events during his ...

The 133 Cardinals that are set to decide the future of the Catholic church are now in Rome.They’re preparing for the Conclave<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Catholic cardinals have begun living in seclusion at the Vatican to prepare for a conclave that will elect a new Pope in the ...

Fr. Ryan Muldoon of the Archdiocese of New York just returned to the U.S. from Rome where he assisted at the funeral of Pope ...

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