It's easy to be distracted by Trump's social media antics, which now go past the point of poor taste and have lapsed into the ...

Hailing from 70 countries across five continents, the group -- summoned following the death of Pope Francis on April 21 -- is ...

Shrouded in secrecy — that’s perhaps the most fitting description of the conclave that elects the next leader of the global ...

The oath, which explicitly forbids recording or disclosing anything from within the conclave, underscores the Church's ...

Activists are fighting a church that wants to put the scandal behind it and a public that may be tiring of it.

"We support whoever is the best person," Singapore's Cardinal William Goh said. "We don't choose a pope based on continent, based on race, based on language." ...

All of the 133 cardinals expected to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican ...

ROME (AP) — They don’t have a vote in the pope’s election, but nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female Catholic orders met in Rome on Monday to chart a course forward, a few miles from where ...

Roman Catholic cardinals across the globe are preparing to select a new pope, with the papal conclave kicking off on Wednesday. Following the death of Pope Francis last month, the Catholic church ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the current bookmakers' favorite to be the next pope, is facing renewed scrutiny over a deal he made ...

A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the ...

Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo is facing exclusion from the conclave vote, as a lack of record-keeping has resulted in the ...