Whether it is Francis II, Leo XIV, or a never-before-used name, a new pope's chosen name sends an early signal about his ...

As cardinals meet to elect a new pontiff, Euronews spoke to senior Catholic figures from the region as they reflected on the ...

More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the ...

The papal conclave, the solemn and secretive process in which cardinals convene to choose a successor to Pope Francis, gets underway in the Vatican today.

"I only knew my mother-in-law for a short time, but she gave me three gifts: a husband, a prayer and a mother-in-law hack." ...

Even a perfunctory tweet from the Foreign Ministry was quickly deleted under pressure from far-right coalition members.

Everything outside the Sistine Chapel is, now, pure conjecture and everything inside is up to the cardinals and the Holy Spirit, writes NCR's Michael Sean Winters.

It's almost never suitable to speak ill of the dead. Especially when the dead you're speaking of is a beloved pope. Pope ...

Of the small handful of papal contenders, an even smaller subset tends flocks in countries at war. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ...

Irish-born Kevin Farrell was entrusted by Pope Francis with running the Holy See and carrying out the rites and rituals that ...

Callista and I attended the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception three times this Holy Week. The ...

Thousands of Catholic faithful are expected to descend upon Rome in the coming weeks — and not only to mourn Pope Francis.