While the papal election is held in complete secrecy, artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots appear to hold their own opinions ...

Cardinals wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings Tuesday, trying to identify a possible new pope who could follow Pope Francis and make the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church credible and relevant ...

Becoming pope was a big deal for a cardinal and his family. Leading candidates known as papabili (pope-ables) began ...

The secret election appears wide open but here are some of the names, in alphabetical order, being talked about as possible ...

US Cardinal Timothy Dolan said on Sunday that President Trump's the posting of the image 'wasn't good' but declined to say ...

Anticipation is growing ahead of May 7th, when the papal conclave processions are scheduled to begin. "Everyone's just waiting for Wednesday. Everyone's just kind of pins and needles," said Chandler ...

For this conclave these kingmakers are said to include Timothy Dolan, the conservative archbishop of New York; Jean-Claude ...

When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday at the start of conclave, the process of electing a new pope, they ...

The late pontiff was the first ever to style himself Pope Francis, a name chosen in honour of the 13th-century saint St ...

Dancers from the Chinese Catholic Community of New Jersey participate in the call to prayer featuring sacred songs and ...

The two are passing through Rome on vacation and will continue to southern Italy. But they are practicing Catholics and were ...