For centuries, leaders of the Roman Catholic Church have been chosen at the Vatican in private gatherings known as conclaves. Much secrecy surrounds this conclave and its historic vote ...

Meanwhile cardinals from around the world had begun to converge on Rome to see his final public appearances as pope and to start preparing for the conclave at which his successor will be elected.

After penning a letter to the world’s cardinals asking them to focus on financial reform, urging spending cuts and ...

The juicy film from director Edward Berger is a scandal-stuffed mystery that depicts Catholic cardinals as power-hungry ...

Pope Francis has strongly criticized both U.S. presidential candidates over what he calls anti-life policies on abortion and ...

Today Italy has not had a pope for 45 years, and the number of Italian voting cardinals has diminished under Francis, falling ...

Conclave will kickstart what is to be a busy ... to find the successor to Pope John Paul II and then another in 2013 after ...

How do Catholic cardinals choose a new pope? What happens in their closed-door meetings? That is the premise of Vatican ...

Both are against life, be it the one who kicks out migrants, or be it the one who kills babies,″ Francis said.