Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine ...

Rumors about pope frontrunner Pietro Parolin have been published this week on various news sites, and sexual abuse watchdogs ...

What makes a country a country? The issue is defining what a country is, and some argue that the Vatican doesn’t fulfill that ...

Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley, left, speaks to media, flanked by Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, Chicago archbishop, right, during ...

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

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job of pope, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—All but four of the 135 cardinals who are eligible to enter the conclave May 7 to vote for a new pope had ...

While the film gets some details right, it takes liberties with the process, including the cardinals’ interactions and ...

A look at some of the hundreds of thousands of Catholics from around the world who flocked to Vatican City to pay their ...