The main question on this second consideration is whether the next pope should continue what Pope Francis has initiated, or ...

Three out of 10 said they attend Mass at least once a week, while the remainder attend less frequently or not at all ...

Child deportations, church attacks, and human rights abuses highlighted at meeting with head of US Catholic bishops' body ...

Conclave fever is also a reflection of the Vatican's successful turn to digital communications in recent years ...

The Vatican said on May 5 it would cut the phone signal within the tiny city-state during the conclave to elect a new pope -- ...

Pakistan conducted a second missile test and India ordered civil defence drills in an escalating stand-off over contested ...

The US president called it a joke, as Catholic leaders labelled it offensive during a sensitive time for the Church ...

Cardinals will on May 6 begin moving into the Vatican accommodation where they will stay during the conclave, on the eve of ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed a tough response against the Huthis, as well as their main backer Iran ...

Philippine Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle may be one of the favorites to be named the next pope, but a Catholic Sister who has ...

Czechoslovakian-born Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny walks after paying his respects during a ceremony inside St Peter's ...

As the College of Cardinals continues to discuss the church's most pressing issues before the conclave, the Pontifical ...