Vatican City, Holy See—Cardinals from five continents held a final mass in St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on Wednesday before sealing themselves away...
Vatican City, Holy See—From Pius to Clement, Hilarius to Simplicius, papal names through the centuries are inextricably linked to the brilliant or wretched legacies of...
Paris, France—Hype has been building on social media around the Catholic Church's secretive, centuries-old tradition of conclaves to elect a new pope, animating users from...
Vatican City, Holy See—Cardinals will on Tuesday begin moving into the Vatican accommodation where they will stay during the conclave, on the eve of their...
Vatican City, Holy See—Catholic cardinals will enter a sealed conclave this week to choose a new pope, with the Church's 1.4 billion members holding their...
Vatican City, Holy See—Ghana's Cardinal Peter Turkson is seen as one of the Church's most influential men from Africa, where Christianity is quickly growing—and which...
