The media have never had so much influence on the men who pick the pope.

USA TODAY will stream coverage of the conclave on its YouTube channel, available here or at the embed below. The first day's livestream is scheduled to run from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 7 ...

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

Pietro Parolin could be the first Italian to serve in the papacy since 1978. The 70-year-old is known as a diplomat and a moderate voice.

The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any ...

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It’s a busy time at Mancinelli Clergy, the iconic shop that embodies the history and tradition of ecclesiastical tailoring in ...

On the eve of the conclave to elect the next pope, the world's smallest country, Vatican City, is engulfed in commotion as ...

There could be some high-profile athletes joining the crowds in St. Peter's Square over the coming days to keep track of the ...

According to Universi Dominici Gregis, the apostolic constitution regulating the “sede vacante,” the College of Cardinals ...

Born in Rome, Andrea Sarubbi has been a journalist since the mid-1990s. He spent many years at Vatican Radio, worked with Italian public television as the host of a Catholic program on Rai 1 and later ...