As cardinals gather in Rome this week to select the next pope, global news networks covering every twist and turn will be ...

As 135 cardinals meet in Rome to decide the next pope, questions about the legacy of the last one will loom large over their ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...

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

The faithful will be flocking to Rome to honor the death of Pope Francis, who died on April 21, with his funeral scheduled ...

Tributes and shows of affection towards Francis are taking place during these days of 'sede vacante', while the city is ...

World leaders, cardinals and at least 250,000 of the faithful gathered in the Vatican on Saturday morning to bid farewell to ...

Alongside the gossip and the gallows humor, the ancient and solemn rituals continue,” Chiara Barzini writes from Italy.

Cardinals electing a new pope have some fundamental questions to weigh, beyond whether to give the Catholic Church its first ...

Francis opted for burial in Santa Maria Maggiore, located in Rome's most multi-cultural neighbouhood. No pope has been laid ...