When the newly elected Pope Francis stepped onto the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica in 2013 to greet the crowd, he joked that ...

The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

The demise of Pope Francis has set in motion the process of electing a new one in what is known as a conclave. This event ...

The cardinals eligible to vote for the new pope will gather in the coming weeks and enter seclusion to secretly vote for the new bishop of Rome.

As the Oscar-nominated film "Conclave" made clear, the election of a pope is a Hollywood-worthy drama steeped in mystery, ...

For years, traditionalists raged at Pope Francis's liberal approach. The question now is whether his successor will walk the ...

Cardinals this week will start in-depth discussions on planning the conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor.

The release came Sunday morning, as the tomb opened for public viewing. All the cardinals in Rome, including the ones ...

Wars and rumors of wars, especially in the Middle East. Rising political tensions plaguing the Western Hemisphere as the ...

A week ago, Catholics around the world lost arguably the most progressive pope in the church's recent history.

Francis, who shunned much of the pomp and privilege of the papacy, asked to be buried at Santa Maria Maggiore - rather than ...