With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, opening the most ...

The election of a new pope has begun following the death of Pope Francis last month. The secret conclave of 131 Catholic ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will start electing a new pope on Wednesday, sequestering themselves in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel after a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. The conclave – a tradition dating ...

The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...

Of all the ceremonies associated with electing a new pope, the one most familiar to the general public is the smoke that emanates from a stovepipe chi ...

With the conclave to elect the new pope beginning in Vatican City on Wednesday, following the death of Francis I on 21 April, we look at the contenders from around the world to succeed him and ...

Cardinals are meeting in Vatican City to choose a new leader for the Catholic Church. This follows the death of Pope Francis.

While speculation mounts over the identity of the next pope, equally intriguing is the name he will choose, as it may offer an early indication of the direction he wishes to steer his pontificate.

As billows of black smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel Wednesday, several Filipino Catholic pilgrims from ...

The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic order founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola committed to spirituality and ...

While Beijing did not send a representative to the funeral of the head of the Catholic Church in Rome, Chinese followers at the Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes parish in Shijingshan have been paying tribute to ...

African outreach was among Pope Francis' legacies, observers say, with numerous visits and a message of mercy inspiring ...