Beyond simply picking who the next pope will be, players and gamblers also can guess how many tries it will take the ...

The developments come amid real questions about how prominent the abuse scandal is featuring in the discussions about finding ...

Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is sometimes called the “Asian Francis” because of his infectious smile, easy laugh, and ...

The College of Cardinals held its 11th general congregation at 5 p.m. Rome time on Monday in preparation for the May 7 conclave.

Tagle, 67, is on many bookmakers’ lists to be the first Asian pope, a choice that would acknowledge a part of the world where ...

The post also showed how much more secular Americans have become since John F. Kennedy, the nation’s first Catholic president ...

The rules and rituals for the election of a new pope say that immediately after his election, he goes into the sacristy of ...

As Pope Francis was laid to rest in Rome this week, and the Vatican prepares for a historic conclave to elect a new pope, the world is left to ponder what it means to have lost such a committed ...

COMMENTARY: Pope Francis’ successor should address four main aspects: persecution, social doctrine, missionary withering and poor governance.

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 ...

Rome welcomed all the cardinal electors entitled to participate in the upcoming conclave. Among them, a drawing took place, ...

All Vatican personnel involved in supporting the upcoming papal conclave must take an oath of secrecy — under penalty of automatic excommunication ...