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

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

Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

The project will highlight scripted short films from international communities along with snippets of a conversation between ...

As members of the College of Cardinals prepare for the conclave, they face a profound choice: Build on the late pope’s ...

The death of Pope Francis and global aid cuts led by the United States could complicate the work of a group of experts ...

After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, the ballots of the cardinals are burned in a special furnace to ...

Welcomed by some and rejected by others, Laudato Si’ emerged as one of the most important documents of Francis’ pontificate.

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

The rules and rituals for the election of a new pope say that immediately after his election, he goes into the sacristy of ...

The prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and a close personal friend of the late Pope Francis celebrated ...