There are currently 135 cardinals who are under age 80 and eligible to vote in the conclave, hailing from 71 different ...

We may be stuck with labels drawn from the political world. But the cardinals who enter the conclave tomorrow need to select ...

The drama and intrigue of a modern papal election can be movie-worthy, but the level of skulduggery these days is modest ...

All of the 133 cardinals expected to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican ...

The College of Cardinals will gather beneath Michelangelo’s frescoed ceiling at the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, tasked with ...

Catholic cardinals entering a conclave on Wednesday (May 7) to pick a new pope do not yet have a clear idea of who will ...

The first is allowing undocumented residents to be on MinnesotaCare, or state health insurance. So far this year, 20,000 undocumented residents have signed up, and there has been a total of $4 million ...

The Catholic Church reserves the priesthood for men, so only men will choose the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.