VATICAN CITY (AP) — With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday ...

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...

Father Ron Hutchinson recounts the wave of emotions he felt in that moment, realizing the Pope was about to be chosen right in front of his eyes ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will start electing a new pope on Wednesday, sequestering themselves in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel ...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle shares more than just a warm smile and infectious laugh with Pope Francis. Like the late ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose ...

As cardinals begin a conclave to choose Pope Francis’ successor, they must decide whether to find a pope who follows his path ...

In a mix of fascination, irreverence and possible blasphemy, social media platforms have been flooded with videos and memes ...

On Saturday, April 26, 250,000 mourners congregated in St. Peter's Square to bid farewell to Pope Francis. His modest, unadorned wooden coffin was taken to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore for ...