As Catholic cardinals meet to choose a new pope, they will face a big question: Is it time, after three consecutive ...

Ahead of the 2013 conclave to replace Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan was tipped to restore the papal hat ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

Even after meeting with a group that has offered to buy the historic Immaculate Conception Church in Bloomfield, the Diocese ...

Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

Known by his peers as a serious theologian, scholar and educator, Erdő, 72, is a leading contender among conservatives. He ...

A possible contender for the papacy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi has worked with the needy and the disenfranchised, even as he ...

Visiting Italy is a dream for many, with its ancient ruins, coastlines, and food that makes you want to stay forever. But ...

President Donald Trump’s latest social media stunt – an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the pope – sparked immediate ...

The US president draws widespread criticism over an image posted to his Truth Social platform that shows him depicted as the ...

The proportion of cardinal electors from Africa and the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America, and countries in ...