The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” is withdrawing from participating in the upcoming ...

Once-powerful Vatican official Cardinal Angelo Becciu has formally withdrawn from participating in the conclave to elect a new pope.

The 2025 Giro d'Italia will pay tribute to Pope Francis with the last stage starting from the Vatican, outside the Porta del Perugino gate in St. Peter's Square, organizers said on Tuesday. "Rome is a ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” ...

When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected in 2013 as Pope Francis, he was a near total Vatican outsider. He had never been a ...

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

What happens when a pope dies or resigns? How does a papal conclave work? What can we expect from a new pope?

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...

When the cardinals meet for the conclave, they gather in the Sistine Chapel. All cardinal electors must swear an oath of ...

The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the ...