And they will determine whether the adage "fat pope, thin pope" holds true or whether the next leader of the Catholic Church ...

Nuns don't have a vote in the election of a pope. But nearly 900 superiors of the world's female Catholic orders gathered in ...

With cardinals from Africa, Asia and even East Timor now among the electors, this conclave could mark a turning point for a ...

Pope Francis’ former point man on migrants has drawn criticism with comments in the context of the African continent being ...

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

The Sistine Chapel was decked out to host a papal election Tuesday as cardinals from around the globe moved into a Vatican ...

Not without some last-minute and apparently inconsequential drama, 133 cardinals will this afternoon file into the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican to elect the 267th Pope. Ten days after the death of ...

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