Gibson, of Fordham, said another factor that might throw off the traditional resistance to an American pope is the election ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

Cardinals continued to hold congregation meetings in the Vatican on Monday ahead of the conclave later this week to elect a ...

Daily congregations resumed in the Vatican on Monday ahead of the conclave later this week to elect a successor to Pope ...

The papal conclave—the election of the next Pope—is set to begin on May 7, and will see 133 cardinals gather to vote.

Cardinals will on Tuesday begin moving into the Vatican accommodation where they will stay during the conclave, on the eve of ...

Cardinals electing a new pope have some fundamental questions to weigh, beyond whether to give the Catholic Church its first ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has emerged as an intriguing possibility ahead of ...

Cardinals will on Tuesday (May 5) begin moving into the Vatican accommodation where they will stay during the conclave, on ...

Pope Francis is credited with addressing the issue more strongly than his predecessors did, but clerical abuse remains a ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa is a Vatican outsider, but his experience in a region sacred to three major religions may ...