Thick black smoke emerged on May 7 from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals had failed to elect a new ...

Anticipation gripped the Catholic world Thursday as the cardinals tasked with choosing a new pope prepared to retreat behind ...

As an associate pastor, then-Father Ranjith was "a very energetic young priest" with a strong affinity for the poor, like ...

Cardinals from 70 countries have gathered at the Vatican to elect a new Pope in the most diverse conclave in history.

Red-robed cardinals assembled in the Vatican on Wednesday to pray, shortly before being locked in to elect a new pope to lead ...

Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of the direction the Roman ...

Cardinals choosing the next leader of the global Catholic Church were locked into the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, ...

Sri Lankan archbishop announces that 167 Catholics killed in the Easter bombings of 2019 will be included on list of ...

A public pursuit of better governance, as well as conditions set by an international lender, helps roll back an era of ...

Late pontiff consoled civil war victims, stressed reconciliation, and called for justice for Easter Sunday bombings ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan Catholics offered prayers for Pope ... during a commemorative service for the victims at St Sebastian's Church. Shortly before the pope's death was announced, Ranjith told ...

a spokesman for the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka said there is no such thing called contenders for the papacy. “There is no such thing called contenders for the papacy. Anyone out of the 252 in ...