The ideological center of the wealthiest, most powerful country would appear to justify a cardinal. What factors are at play?

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

The doors of the Sistine Chapel were closed after 133 Catholic cardinals processed inside, ahead of their first vote to elect ...

The conclave to elect a new pope has officially begun, with a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting.

A journalist with a long history of covering the Vatican provides an inside view of what's happening as the cardinals elect the next pope.

The papal conclave has now begun. The 133 Cardinal electors now have to reach a two-thirds vote in order to choose a new ...

You can get in touch with James by emailing [email protected] As the conclave to elect the next pope begins, Pietro ...

With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope ...

There are 133 cardinals taking part in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history to pick the ...

On Saturday, April 26, 250,000 mourners congregated in St. Peter's Square to bid farewell to Pope Francis. His modest, unadorned wooden coffin was taken to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore for ...

Inside the Sistine Chapel, each cardinal elector stood before his assigned seat, facing the Book of the Gospels, placed on a ...