As Catholic cardinals meet to choose a new pope, they will face a big question: Is it time, after three consecutive ...

Thanks largely to the United States' unique civil justice system and robust free press, bishops here have been forced to ...

Pietro Parolin, longtime Vatican diplomat and Secretary of State, emerges as a leading papal candidate known for pragmatism ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin was the architect of a deal with China that could scupper his chances to succeed Pope Francis ...

Francis-era reforms that saw a diverse group of cardinals join the mix make his successor nearly impossible to call.

Catholic cardinals from around the world will convene in conclave on May 7 to elect their new Pope. Who could be the top possible candidates to lead the 1.4 billion faithful, according to experts?

Italian cardinal Pietro Parolin and Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, cannot be trusted to protect children from abuse, ...

The China issue could split the Conclave. But so could the topic of sexual abuse and its alleged cover-ups. So far, the ...

But papal betting has a long history. Roman banking houses were taking bets as far back as 1503. Alessandro Damasceni Peretti ...

The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines'has issued a rare statement on clerical sexual abuse, defending Cardinal ...