Ahead of the 2013 conclave to replace Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan was tipped to restore the papal hat ...

Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

The world won’t know the next leader of the world’s Catholics until he appears before a throng of supporters in St. Peter’s ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history.

The conclave will be a "fight for the soul of the Catholic Church" between those who saw promise in the modernising changes ...

Leading the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church.Location: Vatican City.There are no official candidates for the papacy, but ...

Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

Father Wu Jianlin, vicar general of Shanghai, was chosen to be the city’s new auxiliary bishop, while Father Li Jianlin was ...

ANALYSIS: As the Church prepares to choose a new pope, the role of America’s cardinal-electors offers a glimpse into the ...

Not only did Pope Francis value and promote the dignity of labor, he was someone who personally worked extremely hard, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández said.

The project will highlight scripted short films from international communities along with snippets of a conversation between ...