For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...

Activists are fighting a church that wants to put the scandal behind it and a public that may be tiring of it.

All of the 133 cardinals expected to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican ...

Following Pope Francis' death in April, people around the world wagered most often on one cardinal to become the next leader ...

Beyond simply picking who the next pope will be, players and gamblers also can guess how many tries it will take the ...

The secret ballot for a successor hasn’t begun. But among church leaders, talk about who will next lead the 2,000-year-old ...

A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the ...

Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...

The papal conclave—the election of the next Pope—is set to begin on May 7, and will see 133 cardinals gather to vote.

Hundreds of cardinals attended mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, to mark the end of a nine-day mourning ...

"And so it is what is, I guess, but it's very unfortunate," said Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey S. Grob. "It's a very serious ...

The New York State Catholic Conference, which represents the bishops of the state in working with government, accused Donald ...