Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. The support staff for the cardinals who will ...

"And so it is what is, I guess, but it's very unfortunate," said Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey S. Grob. "It's a very serious ...

As the voting to choose the next pope gets underway, serious questions loom about Europe’s future influence on the Church.

The Catholic Church reserves the priesthood for men, so only men will choose the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

There are currently 135 cardinals who are under age 80 and eligible to vote in the conclave, hailing from 71 different ...

The College of Cardinals held its 11th general congregation at 5 p.m. Rome time on Monday in preparation for the May 7 conclave.

Beyond simply picking who the next pope will be, players and gamblers also can guess how many tries it will take the ...

The image is raising eyebrows on social media, at the Vatican, from a group representing Catholic bishops in New York and from Italians.

The eyes of 1.4 billion Catholics are fixed on the Vatican City today as 132 cardinals started arriving in Rome as they ...

ROME (AP) — Rome is bustling with jasmine blooming and tourists swarming. But behind closed doors, these are the days of ...

For Christians in the Middle East, this moment carries particular significance. These ancient communities, rooted in lands ...

Cardinal Wilton Gregory will join the Vatican conclave, marking a historic first for African-American leadership in the Catholic Church.