St. Thomas students have one eye on their textbooks and another on the Sistine Chapel where the College of Cardinals is ...

Pope Francis did not act as a steward of that faith, but as an improviser. Under his pontificate, clarity was displaced by ...

The cardinals are participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.

Cardinals from around the world are at the Sistine Chapel in Rome for the papal conclave to select the new head of the Catholic Church following the April 21 death of Pope Francis. The strictly ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the Sistine Chapel chimney after two more inconclusive rounds of ...

Despite being the “princes” of the church, the cardinals are not exempt from excommunication if they violate the rules of the ...

The longest conclave lasted almost three years. Thankfully, the timeframe has changed drastically in recent years.

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, ...

The names of Cristóbal López and Ángel Fernández Artime, both from Spain, and Pablo Virgilio David, from The Philippines, ...

Thousands of spectators witnessed black smoke emerging in St. Peter's Square as the cardinals failed to decide a new pope ...

The next vote will take place around17:30 (16:30 BST) - no smoke will signal no decision has been reached, white smoke that ...