Should the current standards of secrecy around papal conclaves continue? Or should it be tweaked or even done away with? The Register contacted 170 bishops in the United States as well as Catholic ...

The Modality for Choosing a Pope The election of a Pope, known as the papal conclave, is one of the most solemn and secretive ...

(Vatican Media via AP) Papal vestments of three ... his monumental “Last Judgment.” The process — fictionalized in the 2024 political thriller “Conclave” — is said to be guided by ...

Japan's Cardinal Kikuchi Isao details his experience at the conclave to choose Pope Leo XIV in an exclusive interview with ...

The recently elected Pope Leo XIV, formerly Robert Prevost of Chicago, the first American-born Holy Father, is a mere 69 ...

For centuries, papal elections were also diplomatic wrangles, with the great city-states of Italy (Milan, Florence and Naples) and then the great powers of Europe (Spain, France and the Holy Roman ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the Vatican began the conclave process to elect the new pope. Some students studying at ...

Pope Leo XIV's church is growing steadily, but its believers are no longer concentrated on the continent where it was born.

The women who have worked closely with Prevost in recent years have praised his leadership style, ability to listen and ...