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 ...

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

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 ...

Comscore said more than 40,000 U.S. households watched Francis' funeral on EWTN's cable channel, compared to more than 1 ...

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

World leaders are paying tribute with the Taoiseach saying Francis’s papacy was marked by a commitment to ‘compassion, peace, and human dignity’ ...

The first clue of the next pope’s direction will be the name the winner chooses. The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope” — from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica is followed first by the ...