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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - The world is about to witness one of the most ancient and secretive of all meetings: the Papal ...

The conclave to select the next pope kicks off with the Latin phrase for “outside, all.” What happens next will be a mystery ...

The conclave to elect a new pope begins May 7, governed by the rule book and prayer book. The process and rituals are ...

Two of the 10 U.S. cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a new pope are from the tristate area: Cardinal Timothy ...