There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the ...

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

Two Tuolumne County parents were arrested last week, after their 1-year-old baby had to be resuscitated twice and tested ...

The papal conclave will commence in May, when the cardinals will meet at St. Peter's Basilica and pray for the wisdom to ...

A police standoff is underway in Stockton after a man suspected of domestic violence barricaded himself inside a home on ...

The cardinal from Papua New Guinea says the Church needs a holy and unifying pope to guide the Church and inspire renewed ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” (with a key) to underscore that cardinals are sequestered until they find a ...

Those gathering to elect a successor to Pope Francis say the first step to reaching a two-thirds majority is to get to know ...

After his 2020 downfall, Becciu had said he would not participate in any future conclave. But in recent days he had asserted ...

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

An Italian cardinal who was convicted of embezzlement and fraud said on April 29 he will not take part in the secret conclave ...

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