What do Catholics around the world hope for from a new pope? Some wish for a version of Pope Francis - Among the roughly 1.4 ...

All mobile phone signal will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...

Probably not even the reassuring profile of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, is enough for those who ...

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

Cardinals from around the world will meet under Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect a new leader ...

Hundreds of cardinals attended mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, to mark the end of a nine-day mourning ...

The Catholic Church will begin the secretive process to elect a new pope on Wednesday. The cardinals eligible to vote will ...

Exclusive: In a statement to The Independent, the Holy See revealed the deliberate strategy behind the unprecedented number ...

Just days before the conclave to elect a new pope begins, on May 7, believers around the world expressed their desire for ...

One of Pope Francis's popemobiles is being transformed into a mobile health clinic for children in Gaza, fulfilling one of ...

While Pope Francis accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his ...

The coffin of Pope Francis has been closed and sealed in a private ceremony in St Peter's Basilica which was attended by ...