The conclave to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church will begin Wednesday, gathering 133 eligible cardinals ...

There is no rule that cardinals electing a new pope vote a certain way according to their nationality or region. But ...

The Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain and the Sistine Chapel usually top the "must see" list of visitors to Rome and the Vatican.

While the world continues to mourn Pope Francis following his death on Easter Monday, preparations are under way to secure ...

Catholic cardinals entering a conclave on Wednesday to pick a new pope do not yet have a clear idea of who will emerge as ...

All Vatican personnel involved in supporting the upcoming papal conclave will take an oath of secrecy — under penalty of ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

Middleburg's Kielce Gussie was raised Catholic, attended Catholic schools and worked for the Vatican in Rome and gave a reading at the pope's funeral.

Pope Francis is credited with addressing the issue more strongly than his predecessors did, but clerical abuse remains a ...

As different as a papal election is from every other kind of election in the modern world, each conclave nonetheless has an ...