Preachers like John Marrant proclaimed the gospel across cultures. But the persistence—and defense—of slavery challenged ...

Initial ballot fails to elect a pontiff, signalling an inconclusive result by cardinals locked in the Sistine Chapel.

The 133 cardinals from 70 countries will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel, where they will vote in secret and silence, a ...

As the sun set over St Peter's Square, black smoke began to rise from the ... From 70 different countries, the 133 eligible Catholic Church cardinal electors who descended on the Vatican have ...

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to ...

Catholic cardinals will begin the start of a conclave to elect the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday.

More than 130 Catholic cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, ...

While younger cardinals are busy choosing the new pope, older cardinals are mostly waiting it out like the rest of us ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As expected, black smoke emerged from the chimney ... and ideological divisions over the future of the church might emerge. Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle ...

A person has died after being hit by a train in Suisun City on Wednesday evening, police said. According to the Suisun City Police Department, a train hit a pedestrian on Sunset Avenue near Railroad ...

Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday and took the name Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first pope from the United States and defying the conventional ...