As the papal conclave begins in the Vatican, an explanation of what will happen now before the election of the next Pope ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich led the delegation of North American Cardinals as they boarded buses bound for sequestered quarters at the Vatican Tuesday eveni ...

NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...

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

When a new pope is selected, the Vatican will release white smoke into the air. Wooward says it was a tragedy to lose Pope Francis, and the Catholic Diocese of Jackson is praying a new pope is chosen ...

The College of Cardinals held its 12th general congregation on Tuesday, where Pope Francis’ ring fisherman’s ring was officially destroyed.

The process to choose a new pope will begin Wednesday in the Vatican.The papal conclave is the gathering of voting-eligible ...

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

Perhaps a revealing question is whether the church will continue the radical novelty Francis brought as a pope from a ...

Francis’ successor will be selected by cardinals at the conclave that begins on May 7. Cardinals, known as the “princes of ...

In Rome, the Cardinals are gathering for the final time before electing the New Pope. Meetings at the Vatican have been ...

America' is covering its 10th papal conclave this week—and while the technology has changed, the content remains much the ...