The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

Pope Francis is credited with addressing the issue more strongly than his predecessors did, but clerical abuse remains a ...

There is no rule that cardinals electing a new pope vote a certain way according to their nationality or region. But ...

Dietary restrictions, established in 1274, dictate simple meals to maintain focus, while cardinals may seek private dining spots for discussions.

Middleburg's Kielce Gussie was raised Catholic, attended Catholic schools and worked for the Vatican in Rome and gave a reading at the pope's funeral.

In Detroit, traditionalist Catholics were bracing for a crackdown. The promise of change in Rome offers them a sliver of hope ...

The youthful 67-year-old emerging as a favourite to be the next pope - Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle likes to be ...

ARCHBISHOP of Port of Spain Fr Charles Jason Gordon has described an artificial intelligence (AI) image that US President ...