A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.”It implies the<a ...

TWO hundred thirty thousand — that is the estimate of the crowd that massed at the Piazza di San Pietro and the streets of ...

The Catholic Church is currently undergoing a nine-day period of mourning and prayer for the late Pope Francis, but everyone ...

Cardinals this week will start in-depth discussions on planning the conclave to choose Pope Francis’ successor ...

Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI are among the elected bishops of Rome who have led the Catholic Church ...

Cardinal Christophe Pierre, papal nuncio to the United States, reflected on Pope Francis’s legacy and the evangelizing ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to ...

At the conclusion of the official days of mourning following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, 135 cardinal electors are ...

For the impending conclave following the death of Pope Francis, the ranks of armchair Vatican experts have swelled thanks to ...

Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending conclave following ...

The 69-year-old Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna arguably is as close to a potential “Pope Francis II” as one will find among ...