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

From the longest and shortest elections to the origin of the required vow of secrecy, here are some facts about the centuries ...

The upcoming papal conclave is scheduled to commence on May 7. The College of Cardinals are set to gather in Vatican City to ...

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—All but four of the 135 cardinals who are eligible to enter the conclave May 7 to vote for a new pope had ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has certainly already begun.

Not only did Pope Francis value and promote the dignity of labor, he was someone who personally worked extremely hard, finding joy and rest in work itself, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández said at the ...

As members of the College of Cardinals prepare for the conclave, they face a profound choice: Build on the late pope’s ...

The first African American cardinal in the U.S., who began his Catholic journey on Chicago's South Side, will be there for ...

The Vatican says sex abuse is a major topic ahead of the conclave. A survivors network has launched a project to keep the the records of those who've sheltered abusive priests in the public eye.

Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley, left, speaks to media, flanked by Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, Chicago archbishop, right, during ...