The election of a first North American pontiff came after the death of the first Latin American pope and signaled a ...

Sri Lankan Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith, 77, a former Vatican official and nuncio, has led the Archdiocese of Colombo ...

Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new ...

With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will ...

Argentine Marcelo Bruno jumped into a car early on Thursday and set off on the long drive to Rome from Syracuse on the island ...

With the conclave to elect the new pope beginning in Vatican City on Wednesday, following the death of Francis I on 21 April, ...

His selection sparked a wave of congratulatory statements underscoring the significance of his American heritage and deep ...

VATICAN CITY — As many as 200,000 people are expected to attend Pope Francis’ funeral in St. Peter’s Square as he is being ...

The White House and Vatican have had a relationship stretching back to at least 1919, and includes Pope John Paul II and ...

A few cardinals are seen as front-runners to succeed Pope Francis, yet many of the clerics who will vote have not made up ...

A look at nine cardinals being talked about as "papabili" to succeed Pope Francis, whose death at the age of 88 on Monday.