There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.” That means they possess the ...

Vatican post offices and selected collectors’ shops started selling this week special stamps marking the period between Pope ...

Once-powerful Vatican official Cardinal Angelo Becciu has formally withdrawn from participating in the conclave to elect a ...

A Catholic cardinal convicted of embezzlement and fraud has announced he won't take part in the conclave to choose a ...

Matteo Bruni, the director of the Holy See Press Office, said the names of the two cardinals would not be revealed during an ...

I expect it won’t go as quickly as the last conclave. But maybe I’ll be proven wrong. I would be happy about that.” ...

The Giro d’Italia will pay homage to the late Pope Francis by passing through the Vatican gardens behind St. Peter’s Basilica ...

The 135 cardinals eligible to elect the next pope will enter the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave May 7, the Vatican ...

A cardinal convicted of financial crimes by the Vatican said he will not take part in the secret conclave to elect the new ...

The decision was made during a closed-door meeting of the College of Cardinals and announced at a media briefing at the ...

A seasoned diplomat who worked with Pope Francis for 12 years, Cardinal Pietro Parolin is well-known in Rome and abroad, and ...

The star and co-writer of 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' reflects on the chaotic process that brought the classic film to ...