One by one, placing a right hand on the Book of Gospels, staff driving, cooking, cleaning and caring for the cardinals who will elect a new pope will swear an oath of perpetu ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who lost the rights associated with being a cardinal after Pope Francis asked him to resign in 2020, said he would obey the late pope's wishes and not see ...

The cardinals preparing to elect a new pope must strengthen communion in the Catholic Church, promoting a form of unity that has nothing to do with uniformity and everything to d ...

In a mix of joy, excitement and sadness, families, associations and individuals from all over the world celebrated the ...

The 135 cardinals eligible to elect the next pope will enter the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave May 7, the Vatican ...

The 135 cardinals eligible to elect the next pope will enter the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave May 7, the Vatican ...

In St. Peter's Square, in the shadow of the 17th-century colonnade designed by Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, stands the 20-foot-tall bronze sculpture ...

When the conclave begins May 7, there will be 117 cardinals who will not be allowed into the Sistine Chapel to take part in the voting process that chooses the next pope. Becaus ...

Thousands gather in St. Peter's Square, waiting for the sign that a new pope has been elected. All watch as the dark wisps of smoke ascending from the Sistine Chapel turn to white, and a ...

When Pope Francis was elected as the first Latin American pontiff, he said his brother cardinals went out of their way to ...

For thousands of young teens who traveled to Rome for the Jubilee of Teenagers, the announcement of Pope Francis' death came ...

The first time I heard Pope Francis proclaim these words through one of his social media accounts early on in his pontificate ...