After St. John Paul II broke the centurieslong Italian hold on the papacy in 1978, the field of contenders has broadened ...

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Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See Press Office, had stated at an April 29 press briefing that two cardinal electors ...

The next leader of the global Catholic Church needs to put the issue of clerical sex abuse at the heart of their papacy, ...

As royals, presidents and hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful headed to Rome following Pope Francis's death, a video ...

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A Catholic cardinal convicted of embezzlement and fraud has announced he won't take part in the conclave to choose a ...

The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from ...

Cardinals from around the world will meet under Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect a new leader ...