The conclave could have started earlier, but the cardinals needed more time to hold informal sessions to discuss details to ...

The best time to be in St. Peter's Square to see the smoke is just after 7 p.m. the first day of the conclave, May 7; and on ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ ...

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Trump, who has identified himself as a “non-denominational Christian," has long counted Christians, especially evangelical ...

For Catholics and non-Catholics alike, fascination with the pope and rituals such as the papal conclave continue to transfix ...

Cardinals from around the world will meet under Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect a new pope ...

In one of his final announcements before his death, Pope Francis granted Catalonian architect Antoni Gaudí the title of ...

Cardinals under the age of 80 will meet in the Sistine Chapel to choose a new leader for the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, ...

Pope Francis appointed a significant number of cardinals from the Global South. Among the 135 cardinals currently eligible to ...

Texas megachurch pastor Joel Osteen is garnering some viral attention (once again) in the wake of Pope Francis’ death. Of ...

As Catholics worldwide await the conclave’s choice of Pope Francis’s successor, Diocese of Grand Rapids Bishop David ...