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

When the conclave's cardinals finish casting their ballots under Michelangelo's frescoed ceilings of the Sistine Chapel, the ...

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

Two of the 10 U.S. cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a new pope are from the tristate area: Cardinal Timothy ...

May the next pope walk the path Francis helped illuminate—with humility, courage, and the conviction that faith must always ...

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

When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday at the start of conclave, the process of electing a new pope, they ...

The ring and seal are destroyed or nulled after a pope’s death to prevent their future misuse to seal official documents.

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

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

The conclave will start behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday afternoon, with all cardinals under the ...

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