Sexual predators, crooked financiers, spies and a spattering of murderers: while the Vatican may appear an earthly garden ...

As Catholic cardinals prepare to elect a new pope, the question looms: will Italy reclaim the papacy after three non-Italian pontiffs, or will internal divisions among Italian candidates hinder their ...

The Catholic Church’s cardinals have called on the faithful around the world to pray for them as they prepare to enter the ...

As Pope Francis’s body lay in state in the Vatican last week, one of the mourners — with eyes downcast and hands clasped — ...

The College of Cardinals has announced that all 133 Cardinal electors participating in the upcoming conclave have the right ...