Workers and clerics assisting the dozens of Catholic cardinals set to gather Wednesday to begin voting on the next pope had ...

Of course, there's a betting market for the next pope. And they favor two cardinals over the rest of the field.

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

All 133 Catholic cardinals who will vote for a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican said Monday, two days before they ...

Archbishop of Vienna Experience: Edited the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the compendium of church teaching; member of ...

Many of the cardinals said that the jury is still out as they are still getting to know one another and where each of them ...

At churches around Rome on Sunday, the cardinals who will begin their voting for pope on Wednesday made customary visits to ...

The archbishop is a standard-bearer for those in the church who favor a return to traditional rules and doctrine after Pope ...

In its 800-year history, a conclave has never been this diverse. How will this changing face of Catholicism impact the result ...

For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...

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

Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain Experience: Missionary in Zaire, now called Congo; president of the Spanish bishops conference ...