The main question on this second consideration is whether the next pope should continue what Pope Francis has initiated, or ...

Conclave to elect new pope starts Wednesday in Sistine Chapel Cardinals discuss Church divisions, future pope’s profile ...

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

Cardinals electing a new pope have some fundamental questions to weigh, beyond whether to give the Catholic Church its first Asian or African pope ...

The drama and intrigue of a modern papal election can be movie-worthy, but the level of skulduggery these days is modest ...

NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...

A papal conclave blends the political and the spiritual, cardinals and theologians say. Here, in Catholic belief, is how the Holy Spirit fits in.

The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope” — from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica is followed first by the ...

Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming conclave at the Vatican ...

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