The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the first-ever cardinal from Jerusalem, has emerged as a potential contender for the papacy ...

In her home in Castel Liteggio, the small hamlet of Cologno al Serio, mother Maria Tadini recounts anecdotes about her son, ...

More voting to take place today after black smoke appears in Vatican election for next pope - It comes after the 133 cardinal ...

When the Latin patriarch heard the Easter Monday news about the death of Pope Francis, he packed his bags. As he departed for Rome, his co-workers sang in Arabic: "May the Lord guide your steps with ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...

Black smoke, signifying no pope, has emerged from the Sistine Chapel in the first decision of the conclave to elect a new ...

As the conclave to elect the next pope begins, Pietro Parolin has emerged as the betting favorite to succeed Pope Francis, ...

Students at Saint Thomas More are learning about how the selection process for the new pope works by forming their very own ...

"There are names that are thrown around, but we really will not know until he walks onto that balcony," Xaverian Dean of ...

Pope Francis needed five votes and was elected on the second day of the conclave, while Benedict XVI needed four votes and ...

Cardinal Pizzaballa, the Italian Catholic prelate in Jerusalem, is a clear frontrunner in the eyes of the internet because of ...