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

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

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 ...

The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any ...

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

The 2024 movie is proving a useful primer for clerics about to take part in the real thing to choose the next pope.

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.

It’s a busy time at Mancinelli Clergy, the iconic shop that embodies the history and tradition of ecclesiastical tailoring in ...

Pietro Parolin could be the first Italian to serve in the papacy since 1978. The 70-year-old is known as a diplomat and a ...

According to Universi Dominici Gregis, the apostolic constitution regulating the “sede vacante,” the College of Cardinals ...

Born in Rome, Andrea Sarubbi has been a journalist since the mid-1990s. He spent many years at Vatican Radio, worked with Italian public television as the host of a Catholic program on Rai 1 and later ...