Robert Harris praises the secret process of electing Pope Francis's success, saying political parties could learn from it.

President Donald Trump has posted an artificial intelligence-generated image of himself dressed as pope. The social media ...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle could become the first Asian pontiff, marking a historic moment for the church as it considers leadership beyond its mostly European traditions.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” ...

As cardinals gather in Rome to determine the Catholic Church’s next leader, some may wonder: How realistic is the Oscar-winning film?

Pope Francis blessed an effort to transform the vehicle he used when he visited the West Bank in 2014 into a mobile health ...

The universal church is on full display during the waiting-for-white-smoke period. Watchers who gather at St. Peter's Square ...

Like the other ceremonies and traditions that accompany the advent of a new pope, his newly chosen name will be imbued with ...

The movie "Conclave" paints a mostly accurate picture of the Roman Catholic process of electing a new pope, save for an ...

Cardinal Raymond Burke, 76, a former archbishop of St. Louis, and Cardinal Joseph Tobin, 72, archbishop of Newark.

Of the small handful of papal contenders, an even smaller subset tends flocks in countries at war. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ...

COMMENTARY: From Rome to the Global South, the cardinals are preparing to elect a new pope — but history shows that the Holy ...