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

As the conclave to elect the next pope begins Wednesday at the Vatican, four candidates have emerged as clear ...

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

USA TODAY will stream coverage of the conclave on its YouTube channel, available here or at the embed below. The first day's livestream is scheduled to run from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 7 ...

The Vatican was busy with last-minute arrangements on Tuesday to get ready for the conclave to elect the next pope. Cardinals ...

DeBernardo, in an statement issued Tuesday, said some cardinals have been vocal in their opposition to Francis' leadership of ...

As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals will begin the secretive process known as a conclave.

The Catholic Church is less Eurocentric, with its growth in Africa, South and Central America, and particularly Asia, said ...

The 2024 movie is proving a useful primer for clerics about to take part in the real thing to choose the next pope.

Trump claims he “had nothing to do with” a depiction of himself as the Pope that was shared on his and White House social ...

Sweden's first cardinal, Anders Arborelius, is a convert to Catholicism in the overwhelmingly Protestant Scandinavian country ...