As 135 cardinals meet in Rome to decide the next pope, questions about the legacy of the last one will loom large over their ...

“If the Catholic Church wants to survive in this fast-changing world, it needs to change and the pope needs to lead that way, ...

Cardinals electing a new pope have some fundamental questions to weigh, beyond whether to give the Catholic Church its first ...

Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. The support staff for the cardinals who will ...

There are currently 135 cardinals who are under age 80 and eligible to vote in the conclave, hailing from 71 different ...

"And so it is what is, I guess, but it's very unfortunate," said Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey S. Grob. "It's a very serious ...

By Sharon Braithwaite, Caitlin Danaher and Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — All mobile phone signals will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...

We may be stuck with labels drawn from the political world. But the cardinals who enter the conclave tomorrow need to select ...

As the voting to choose the next pope gets underway, serious questions loom about Europe’s future influence on the Church.

The Catholic Church reserves the priesthood for men, so only men will choose the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

ROME (AP) — Rome is bustling with jasmine blooming and tourists swarming. But behind closed doors, these are the days of ...