With just four days to go until the conclave to elect a new pope begins, cardinals are addressing a variety of challenges the next pontiff will have to face, and are calling broadly for more clarity, ...

The papal smoke signals are ready. Vatican workers on Friday hoisted a chimney onto the roof of the Sistine Chapel, which ...

In the jasmine-scented, tourist-thronged streets of Rome, a quiet drama unfolds behind closed doors. Cardinals, gathered to ...

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

Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming ...

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

British Cardinal Vincent Nichols provides an insider’s view of what’s going on in these days before the conclave to elect a ...

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

On the seventh day of the Novendiales Masses for Pope Francis, Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti recalled the extreme sacrifice of Catholics from the Eastern Catholic Churches.

Bishop Daniel Felton of the Diocese of Duluth reflected on Pope Francis' legacy and outlined what to expect from the conclave ...

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