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

There could be some high-profile athletes joining the crowds in St. Peter's Square over the coming days to keep track of the ...

The pope's ring which bears the papal seal was annulled on Tuesday at the Vatican. The Holy See released footage of the ring ...

Most people think the Pope's church is St. Peter's Basilica. But as the Bishop of Rome, his actual seat is in a church on the other side of Rome called St. John Lateran.

Despite the firestorm surrounding his "Pope Trump" post, President Donald Trump claimed that the outrage was not from the ...

On the eve of the conclave to elect the next pope, the world's smallest country, Vatican City, is engulfed in commotion as ...

The media have never had so much influence on the men who pick the pope.

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings Tuesday, trying to identify a possible new pope who could ...

The secret election appears wide open but here are some of the names, in alphabetical order, being talked about as possible ...

The papal conclave begins Wednesday, May 7, when cardinals gather to elect the next pope. Here's how to watch coverage in the ...