As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel, ...

Paparazzi are stalking the corridors of St. Peter's Square, swarming any cardinal bold enough to walk the streets in the days before the conclave.

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

Jorge Bergoglio was 76 when he became Pope Francis. His predecessor, Joseph Ratzinger, was 78 when he became Pope Benedict ...

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more traditional path.

The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope” — from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica is followed first by the ...

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, Myanmar, is seen in this 2016 file photo outside the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool, England. The cardinal is seen by some as a possible ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Jason Horowitz and Emma Bubola Reporting from Rome and Vatican City The death of Pope Francis last ...

ASAP As church leaders gather for a conclave at the Vatican this week to pick a new pontiff following the death of Pope ...

"He's really like Pope Francis in terms of his love for the poor, his approachability and so on," one of his students says.

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings Tuesday, trying to identify a possible new pope who could ...

Catholic cardinals have begun living in seclusion at the Vatican to prepare for a conclave that will elect a new Pope in the ...