The Catholic Church reserves the priesthood for men, so only men will choose the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

There are currently 135 cardinals who are under age 80 and eligible to vote in the conclave, hailing from 71 different ...

Beyond simply picking who the next pope will be, players and gamblers also can guess how many tries it will take the ...

The Vatican is in a flurry of activity as cardinals hold private, informal meetings in Vatican City to reflect on the ...

Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...

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

The support staff for the cardinals who will elect the successor to Pope Francis took an oath of secrecy Monday ahead of the ...

The cardinals of the Catholic Church have descended on the Vatican to begin the process in just days of electing a new pope.

The image is raising eyebrows on social media, at the Vatican, from a group representing Catholic bishops in New York and from Italians.

ROME (AP) — Rome is bustling with jasmine blooming and tourists swarming. But behind closed doors, these are the days of ...

For Christians in the Middle East, this moment carries particular significance. These ancient communities, rooted in lands ...