Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has replaced Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin as the new favorite to become the next pope ...

Leading the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church. Location: Vatican City. There are no official candidates for the papacy, but ...

The unprecedented number of 133 cardinal electors surpasses all previous papal conclaves, breaking the previous record of 115 electors in the 2005 and 2013 elections.

The Oscar-nominated film stars Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini and offers a fictionalized, high-stakes look at what happens behind the Vatican's closed doors.

The Church stands at a cultural crossroads. The next pope must lead with courage and clarity — and entrust his mission to ...

Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Hostyn is celebrating Mayfest this Sunday. The church, located south of La Grange ...

From the longest and shortest elections to the origin of the required vow of secrecy, here are some facts about the centuries ...

The Vatican is finalizing preparations for the May 7 conclave, with firefighters on Friday installing a chimney on the roof ...

If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is ...

During the seating there's no communication with the outside world on the proceedings, except for the smoke signals from the ...

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

When she died on April 30, Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas was the 15th oldest documented person in history, and the second ...