No cameras will be allowed inside the church during the vote, so the result will remain secret until white smoke emerges from ...

As people watched the papal election process unfold, advocates for issues including female clergy expressed hopes and fears ...

UK cardinal’s final reflections before entering conclave to elect new pope - Cardinal Vincent Nichols is one of more than 130 ...

The 133 cardinals will remain within the Sistine Chapel and its adjoining buildings in total seclusion until they choose from among themselves the next pope.

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, ...

Fr. Kyle Doustou, a pastor in Old Town and soon to be Vicar General for the Diocese of Portland, sat down with Maine's Total ...

Wearing bright red vestments, the cardinals processed down the central aisle of the basilica as the Sistine Chapel’s boys’ ...

The Papacy has also figured in numerous fictional films, including crime dramas (The Godfather Part III, 1990), thrillers (Angels & Demons, 2009), horrors (The Pope’s Exorcist, 2023) and numerous ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

“We need to welcome and accompany,” said Sue DeFerrari, executive director of MorningStar Renewal Center, a Catholic ...

All eyes are on Vatican City for the sign of a new pope, as cardinals processed into the Sistine Chapel to begin the secret ...