Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

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

President Donald Trump’s latest social media stunt – an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the pope – sparked immediate ...

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

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

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

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

There is no limit as to how long a conclave can last when electing a new Pope. One vote will be held on the first day of ...

Just days before the conclave to elect the next pope, cardinals are confronting deep-rooted issues—ranging from clerical ...