There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

The 133 cardinal electors will begin the process of choosing the new pope when the conclave begins in the Sistine Chapel on ...

The Vatican was busy with last-minute arrangements on Tuesday to get ready for the conclave to elect the next pope. Cardinals ...

An antipope is a person who makes a competing claim to the papacy, in opposition to the legitimately elected pope.

Only cardinals under the age of 80, who are male and Catholic, are allowed to vote in the election of the new pontiff.

The days when European monarchs could veto papal candidates may be long gone, but campaigns to smear cardinals and ...

The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church.

USA TODAY will stream coverage of the conclave on its YouTube channel, available here or at the embed below. The first day's livestream is scheduled to run from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 7 ...

As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals will begin the secretive process known as a conclave.

As the conclave to elect the next pope begins Wednesday at the Vatican, four candidates have emerged as clear ...

The students at Pinecrest Academy, a Catholic school in Forsyth County, excitedly lined the hallways of the school Tuesday morning to be blessed by their new pope: 7-year-old David.

The UK currently has three cardinals who have flown out to the Vatican to participate in the process. Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols is among the cardinals from the UK helping to elect the ...