As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

All Vatican personnel involved in supporting the upcoming papal conclave will take an oath of secrecy — under penalty of ...

For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...

As the voting to choose the next pope gets underway, serious questions loom about Europe’s future influence on the Church.

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

Hype has been building on social media around the Catholic Church's secretive, centuries-old tradition of conclaves to elect ...

The Catholic Church reserves the priesthood for men, so only men will choose the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

The College of Cardinals held its 11th general congregation at 5 p.m. Rome time on Monday in preparation for the May 7 conclave.

A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the ...

President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the pope. The post has since received criticism ...