The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church.

"The court is attempting to handle the matter in such a way as to help Father Peter and to avoid scandal to the Church," the ...

The two are passing through Rome on vacation and will continue to southern Italy. But they are practicing Catholics and were ...

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

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

Ahead of the conclave to elect the next Pope, cardinals take centre stage. Called the Princes of the Church, they are at the ...

The papal conclave is a mystery to many. Here's what we know about the process of selecting a new leader for the Roman ...

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

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - All of the 133 cardinals expected to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope have ...

When Pope Francis took over the Vatican’s leadership in 2013, the church was marred by an unsettled sex abuse crisis that ...

Travellers to Rome should expect closures, visitor restrictions and crowds at some of the city’s main attractions. View on ...

Inverted crosses visible as Pope Francis lay in state symbolise Saint Peter, the first pontiff, and are not a reference to ...