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

One of the more surprising - and often missed - aspects of Francis' 12-year papacy was his emergence as an incisive economic ...

Fans of the Oscar-nominated movie “Conclave,” which is about a papal election, might think they have a head start on what’s ...

After every round of voting during a conclave, the ballots are burned with chemicals in a process that enables the cardinals ...

Reforming the Vatican’s policy on China should be a priority of the next papacy. The current approach is defined by the ...