Nuns don’t have a vote in the election of a pope. But nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female Catholic orders gathered in ...

Mary Immaculate Catholic School in Farmers Branch held a mock conclave Tuesday morning, where they elected their very own ...

There could be some high-profile athletes joining the crowds in St. Peter’s Square over the coming days to keep track of the ...

There could be some high-profile athletes joining the crowds in St. Peter’s Square over the coming days to keep track of the ...

Roughly a week after Donald Trump started his second term as president, the U.S. military issued an order to three freight ...

One conclave in the 13th century took nearly three years. Others took just one day. Pope Francis was elected on the second ...

Francis’ successor will be selected by cardinals at the conclave that begins on May 7. Cardinals, known as the “princes of ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ...

Sistine Chapel, where they will vote in secret and silence, a process designed to be both contemplative and free from outside ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a ...

Becoming pope was a big deal for a cardinal and his family. Leading candidates known as papabili (pope-ables) began ...