There could be some high-profile athletes joining the crowds in St. Peter’s Square over the coming days to keep track of the ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings Tuesday, trying to identify a possible new pope who could ...

The media have never had so much influence on the men who pick the pope.

Here are ten surprising and interesting facts about Papal conclaves. There is no limit as to how long a conclave can last when electing a new Pope. One vote will be held on the first day of voting. If ...

The papal conclave begins Wednesday, May 7, when cardinals gather to elect the next pope. Here's how to watch coverage in the U.S.

The secret election appears wide open but here are some of the names, in alphabetical order, being talked about as possible ...

Most people think the Pope's church is St. Peter's Basilica. But as the Bishop of Rome, his actual seat is in a church on the other side of Rome called St. John Lateran.

As the College of Cardinals prepare to vote on a new pope this week, conservative U.S. Catholics are trying to woo them with ...

Despite the firestorm surrounding his "Pope Trump" post, President Donald Trump claimed that the outrage was not from the ...

The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church.