Cardinals will gather at the Vatican to begin the process of electing a new pope on Wednesday. The Catholic Church will hold ...

The Vatican is streaming live views of St. Peter's Square on its YouTube channel, NBC offers a "smoke cam" and CNN created a 3D visualization.

The papacy is not the presidency. The conclave is not a campaign. Understanding the future of the Catholic Church requires ...

On Wednesday, 133 members of the College of Cardinals will enter the Sistine Chapel for the third papal conclave in recent ...

The voting process to elect a new Pope gets under way in Rome later and for the second conclave in a row there will be no ...

Scholars say the next pope will contend with climate change and rising authoritarianism as well as shifting demographics and ...

Cardinals told RNS they now have a better sense of each other, despite having had little familiarity before the general congregations — the last of which was Tuesday (May 6).

As the world prepares for the papal conclave, many are speculating about the potential for a historic moment: Could a ...

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more traditional path.

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

Philly’s LGBTQIA+ community is sharing their emotions and concerns about the transition to Pope Francis’ successor.