The Conference of Women Religious India said that Pope Francis had given them "more strength, dignity and space in the church ...

Cardinals electing a new pope have some fundamental questions to weigh, beyond whether to give the Catholic Church its first ...

Pope Francis appointed women to key Vatican posts. Will his successor consider women as deacons and priests next?

After Pope Francis’ death on April 21, the Vatican City is in a quest to find his successor. Among all the names, Filipino ...

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

By Sharon Braithwaite, Caitlin Danaher and Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — All mobile phone signals will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has emerged as an intriguing possibility ahead of ...

Probably not even the reassuring profile of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, is enough for those who ...

Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. The support staff for the cardinals who will ...

NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...