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Cardinals meet to elect Pope Francis’ successor—will the Church continue his inclusive legacy or return to a more ...
All mobile phone signal will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...
As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...
On the morning of May 7 the conclave will commence, with all the cardinals present, with the Holy Mass for the Election of ...
On the eve of the conclave to elect the next pope, the world's smallest country, Vatican City, is engulfed in commotion as ...
Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?
Everyone from cooks to translators to elevator operators took an oath of secrecy at the Vatican on Monday — under threat of ...
Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. The support staff for the cardinals who will ...
When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio emerged onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after the conclave of March 2013, few ...
African outreach was among Pope Francis' legacies, observers say, with numerous visits and a message of mercy inspiring ...