Visitors to St Peter's Square have been making clear what they would like to see from the next pontiff - as cardinals prepare ...

Bishop Joseph Brennan and members of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno landed in Rome on Monday. Marquez spoke with Action News and described a sense of busyness as the College of Cardinals ...

Monsignor Celestino Migliore, Apostolic Nuncio in Paris, when Leo XIII died in 1903, Austria decided to use the ancient right ...

Sistine Chapel to elect the next pope. Understanding their makeup in geographic terms can help explain some of their ...

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 ...

Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. The support staff for the cardinals who will ...

We may be stuck with labels drawn from the political world. But the cardinals who enter the conclave tomorrow need to select ...

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

Catholic cardinals entering a conclave on Wednesday (May 7) to pick a new pope do not yet have a clear idea of who will ...