The movie “Conclave” delves into the intricacies of papal politics and the election of a new pope, but how accurate is it in ...

More than 130 cardinals will be sequestered in the Sistine Chapel to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff after Pope ...

DeBernardo, in an statement issued Tuesday, said some cardinals have been vocal in their opposition to Francis' leadership of ...

Should the Catholic Church welcome gay families? Should it welcome women at the altar? As 133 cardinals prepare for the 2025 ...

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

In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ever, with 108 of them being appointed by Pope ...

The papal conclave is a mystery to many. Here's what we know about the process of selecting a new leader for the Roman ...

As the conclave to elect the next pope begins Wednesday at the Vatican, four candidates have emerged as clear ...

For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

An antipope is a person who makes a competing claim to the papacy, in opposition to the legitimately elected pope.

The 133 cardinal electors will begin the process of choosing the new pope when the conclave begins in the Sistine Chapel on ...