The Sistine Chapel was decked out to host a papal election Tuesday as cardinals from around the globe moved into a Vatican ...

NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...

As the Catholic Church prepares to elect its next spiritual leader, here’s a detailed look at the centuries-old ritual of the papal conclave, an event marked by history, secrecy, and sacred tradition.

After St. John Paul II broke the centuries-long Italian hold on the papacy in 1978, the field of contenders has broadened ...

Behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, the search for the new pope will kick off. Over 100 catholic cardinals are looking to be the new pope.

The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope” — from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica is followed first by the ...

Nuns don't have a vote in the election of a pope. But nearly 900 superiors of the world's female Catholic orders gathered in ...

Two of the 10 U.S. cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a new pope are from the tristate area: Cardinal Timothy ...

Catholic cardinal electors will gather in Vatican City for a conclave beginning Wednesday to choose the next pope. CBS News ...

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In the days leading up to the conclave, as cardinals have met in the general congregations to discuss ...