Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel to elect the next pope, as betting markets buzz with shifting odds on potential papal ...

Beyond simply picking who the next pope will be, players and gamblers also can guess how many tries it will take the ...

More than 65 years later, I still remember the experience of being an altar boy reciting the entirety of the Catholic Mass in ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost joins the conclave Wednesday to pick Pope Francis' successor. His rise in the faith began at a South ...

Despite his strong credentials, his relatively young age might dissuade cardinal electors who fear a lengthy papacy ...

The law could place Catholic priests at odds with civil law in order to uphold church law regarding the seal of the ...

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

Some argue that without exceptions for the clergy-penitent privilege, the law could place Catholic priests at odds with civil ...

The world won’t know the next leader of the world’s Catholics until he appears before a throng of supporters in St. Peter’s ...

Build on the good of what Francis achieved while focusing on doctrinal clarity.

The following is a snapshot of the papacies of the 11 popes that preceded Pope Francis, from Pope Benedict XVI to Blessed ...