Sick of betting on college sports? Try the College of Cardinals. It’s a high-stakes game that’s been played for centuries, ...

The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commenced on ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In the days leading up to the conclave, as cardinals have met in the general congregations to discuss ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

The ballots are burned after each vote and the smoke will emanate from the chimney that was built on top of the Sistine ...

Memories and perceptions of Pope Francis are many and varied. To give a few examples, some will remember him for opening ...

“We need to welcome and accompany,” said Sue DeFerrari, executive director of MorningStar Renewal Center, a Catholic ...

Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday evening, signalling an inconclusive first vote by ...

He always smiled at me; he seemed more like a brother than a pope,’ he recalls of Francis while working on his successor’s ...

Nuns don't have a vote in the election of a pope. But nearly 900 superiors of the world's female Catholic orders gathered in ...