Groups representing survivors made last-minute appeals for the next pontiff to definitively resolve the crisis, which has ...

In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

Speaking to JI, prominent Italian journalist Maurizio Molinari laments ‘wave of dehumanization of Jews’ in Italy and implores ...

Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic ...

“We need to welcome and accompany,” said Sue DeFerrari, executive director of MorningStar Renewal Center, a Catholic ...

Though the church has gone global, many Italians haven’t stopped believing the pope belongs in – and to – Rome.

The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commenced on ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

Cardinals from all over the world began voting Wednesday to elect a new pope -- but what's the cost of finding a new leader ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...