More cardinals from more countries than ever will gather in the Sistine Chapel starting Wednesday to choose a new pope at a ...

Cardinal Mario Grech comes from Malta, but is known to cardinals around the world for his role as the secretary general of an ...

Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali, the former archbishop of Philadelphia, is outside the age cutoff for the conclave to select ...

Nuns sexually assaulted by priests are one of the last Catholic taboos, but with reports of abuse rising, it is a scandal ...

Besides its masterpieces by Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel is undergoing a makeover, involving the installation of a stove ...

While Pope Franci s accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his ...

The cardinals will gather at St. Peter’s Basilica May 7 to celebrate a special Mass before gathering in the Sistine Chapel to ...

It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that ended the longest papal election in the ...

The image, shared Friday night on Trump's Truth Social site and later reposted by the White House on its official X account, ...

Lisa Lim decodes the Latin terms that will pepper the coming conclave of cardinals in Vatican City to elect a successor to ...

Cardinals are set to gather in Vatican City next week to choose Pope Francis' successor as the leader of the Catholic Church.

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