Cardinals from 70 countries have gathered at the Vatican to elect a new Pope in the most diverse conclave in history.

A Pew Research Center study conducted in 2024 found that for every American who converts to Catholicism, another 8.4 leave.

Inside the Sistine Chapel, each cardinal elector stood before his assigned seat, facing the Book of the Gospels, placed on a ...

Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of the direction the Roman ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

Who are the contenders to be pope? They include a street priest, a missionary and a Lutheran convertWanted: A holy man.Job ...

But here are 15 cardinals among the potential favourites to succeed Pope Francis -- so-called "papabili" -- divided by region ...

Small nations and states will seek their place under the sun, while the great powers will demand that they renounce their ...

Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job of pope, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the ...

Some activities, such as prayer, are widespread. Others, such as fasting and lighting incense or candles, vary more by ...

A Filipino or Congolese pope would signal that Catholicism’s demographic heart now beats in Manila and Kinshasa, rather than ...

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