The United States is home to 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any other nation except Italy, home to 17 of the electors who will gather at the Vatican’s ...

Catholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect a new pope.

There has been a veritable 'persecution' against the Latin Mass by Pope Francis and the Vatican structures. American Cardinal ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been chosen after the second or third ...

Within 20 days of the pope’s death, a conclave consisting of 120 cardinals out of the 138 “princes of the church” who are under age 80 and can vote will gather at the Vatican to pick his ...

Farrell announced the death of Pope Francis on Monday. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the senior Vatican official who announced Pope Francis' death on Monday morning, will serve as the interim manager of ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It implies the sacred and secretive process is no popularity ...

A former Vatican worker says cardinals will be bickering and infighting ahead of pope vote - and has predicted who they will choose. Charles Collins, 52, worked at Vatican Radio between 2001 and 2017.

Vatican firefighters installed the chimney at the Sistine Chapel over the weekend, along with the small stove in which the cardinals will burn their crumpled up ballots after each vote.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — As the Vatican switches gears from saying goodbye to Pope Francis to electing his successor, the status of a once-powerful Italian cardinal and whether he can vote in the May ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope. The 133 cardinals are expected to vote again in the ...

VATICAN CITY — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It implies the sacred and secretive process is no popularity contest or ...