As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

Hundreds of cardinals attended mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, to mark the end of a nine-day mourning ...

As cardinals begin a conclave to choose Pope Francis’ successor, they must decide whether to find a pope who follows his path ...

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task on Wednesday of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world ...

The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...

The conclave begins at the Vatican with mass attended by all voting cardinals in St Peter’s Basilica at 9am BST ...

All 133 cardinals eligible to elect Pope Francis’s successor have arrived in Rome for the conclave. They will take their ...

A conclave to choose a new pope normally takes place 15 to 20 days after the death of a pontiff, meaning this conclave should ...

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

Cardinal Blase Cupich led the delegation of North American Cardinals as they boarded buses bound for sequestered quarters at the Vatican Tuesday eveni ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — World dignitaries and Catholic faithful attended Pope Francis’ funeral in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday.