The election of a pope is a Hollywood-worthy drama steeped in mystery, secrecy and faith. But real-world politics and personal calculations come into play and will weigh on the 130-plus cardinals when ...

Black smoke from the chimney indicates no pope was elected, while white smoke demonstrates a choice has been made. The 10 Americans who currently serve as cardinal ... was the No. 2 in the Vatican ...

Cardinal Robert W ... a nine-year struggle that cost $2 trillion and 4,500 American lives. Iraq lost tens of thousands of its own people and proved to have no biological, chemical or nuclear ...

but no one expected him to die within 24 hours on Easter Monday morning“. The former Archbishop of Wellington, who was made a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2015, recalled an interaction he had ...

The death of the 88-year-old pontiff puts into motion the process of selecting a successor, according to longstanding Vatican ...

“His Most Reverend Eminence Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell ... near the chapel entrance — one to issue black smoke, meaning there has been no successful election yet, and one to issue white ...

Tonight at 8 o’clock in Rome (2 p.m. ET), Cardinal Kevin Farrell began presiding ... President Donald Trump currently has “no travel plans at this time” to attend services for Pope Francis ...

Thiruvananthapuram: Of the four Indian cardinals eligible to vote in the election of the next Pope, Cardinal ... no candidate achieves this in a round of voting, the ballots are burned and black ...

The Ivy League school is now suing the Trump administration after it froze $2.2 billion that was set aside ... Harvard said, no way. Here's the president of Harvard speaking out for the first ...