The history of this ancient process is frequently the subject of attention as the world gets ready for the next papal ...

Though Francis didn’t make major changes to the conclave, his outreach to what he called “peripheries’’ leaves an imprint that will be felt this week.

Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. All the support staff for the cardinals who will ...

The oath, which explicitly forbids recording or disclosing anything from within the conclave, underscores the Church's ...

Shrouded in secrecy — that’s perhaps the most fitting description of the conclave that elects the next leader of the global ...

"We support whoever is the best person," Singapore's Cardinal William Goh said. "We don't choose a pope based on continent, based on race, based on language." ...

Roman Catholic cardinals across the globe are preparing to select a new pope, with the papal conclave kicking off on ...

Dozens of Vatican staff members, including security, housekeeping and maintenance workers, are sworn to secrecy regarding anything they witness during the upcoming papal conclave.

It's easy to be distracted by Trump's social media antics, which now go past the point of poor taste and have lapsed into the ...

The image is raising eyebrows on social media, at the Vatican, from a group representing Catholic bishops in New York and from Italians.

Cardinal Robert Prevost joins the conclave Wednesday to pick Pope Francis' successor. His rise in the faith began at a South ...