The secret ballot for a successor hasn’t begun. But among church leaders, talk about who will next lead the 2,000-year-old ...

VATICAN CITY - All of the 133 cardinals expected to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope have arrived in Rome ...

ROME -- They don’t have a vote in the pope’s election, but nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female Catholic orders met in Rome on Monday to chart a course forward, a few miles from where cardinals ...

Time is running out and there are still many cardinals registered to speak at the pre-conclave meetings called general ...

As the Vatican prepares for a conclave to choose a new pope, American Catholics share their hopes and concerns for the Church ...

Catholics are African, increasing the chances of a Pope from that continent. While the Church is losing influence in Europe ...