By AFP, Vatican City Cardinals will be locked up for the papal conclave, but for preparatory meetings this week, they must ...

By Quintus Colombage Christians in Sri Lanka joined groups of Muslims and Hindus to assist some 1 million Buddhist pilgrims, ...

By Paulina Guzik, Catholic News Service In a mix of joy, excitement and sadness, families, associations and individuals from ...

Historically, the age of cardinals participating in papal conclaves has varied. One of the youngest was Cardinal Alfonso ...

The deliberations of a conclave are held in strictest secrecy on pain of instant excommunication. Smartphones and any ...

Among the tributes to Pope Francis, Vatican News spoke to Monsignor Robert Vitillo, who celebrates Pope Francis' leadership ...

By Linda Bordoni In the wake of Pope Francis' death, those who knew him and embraced his call to uphold and protect the ...

By Courtney Mares Cardinals over the age of 80 cannot participate in a conclave. Out of the 134 cardinals under 80 taking ...

As the cardinals meet to discuss and choose Pope Francis' successor, it cannot be a time of "political balancing acts, ...

By AFP, Rome Cardinal Angelo Becciu, a convicted embezzler stripped by Pope Francis of his privileges, will not take part in ...

HANOI: Vietnamese Catholics and non-Catholics alike have paid tribute to Pope Francis, whose funeral on April 26 left a ...

Vincent LeVien, his wife, Bridget, and their children, Sophia and Vincent Junior, were traveling to Rome for the canonization ...