They don’t have a vote in the pope’s election, but nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female Catholic orders met in Rome on ...

Catholic cardinals will enter a sealed conclave this week to choose a new pope, with the Church's 1.4 billion members holding ...

Workers and clerics assisting the dozens of Catholic cardinals set to gather Wednesday to begin voting on the next pope had ...

In its 800-year history, a conclave has never been this diverse. How will this changing face of Catholicism impact the result ...

The support staff for the cardinals who will elect the successor to Pope Francis took an oath of secrecy Monday ahead of the conclave that's starting on Wednesday.

More than 400 students at Saint Joseph Catholic School in Fayetteville are taking part in a mock conclave, with voting having ...

The College of Cardinals held its 11th general congregation at 5 p.m. Rome time on Monday in preparation for the May 7 conclave.

It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that ended the longest papal election in the ...

Cardinals hailing from 71 different countries are eligible to elect a pope this week in the most geographically diverse ...

The Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul and Holy Family Church both in Lewiston, and Holy Trinity Church in Lisbon will offer special services Wednesday to mark the first day of the conclave to elect a ...

A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” (with a key) to ...