Preparations for electing the next Catholic pope began in earnest on Monday (March 4) as the College of Cardinals opened daily talks to discuss who ma...
Pope Benedict XVI brought 22 new Catholic churchmen, including New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, into the elite club of cardinals who will elect his ...
As cardinals meet in Rome to discuss the next pope, a consensus is developing: They want Jesus Christ with an MBA. The Rev. Thomas Reese of the Nation...
Cardinals gathered in Rome are waiting for the last Cardinal elector to arrive from Vietnam, as work on the Sistine Chapel continued in preparation fo...
David Gibson, a national correspondent for Religion News Service and author of 'The Rule of Benedict', lists the likeliest contenders to succeed Pope ...
Hundreds of people pack into a church in Rome for a glimpse of this man - Angelo Scola. The Italian cardinal is widely seen as a leading candidate to...
Roman Catholic cardinals gather for a mass in St. Peter's Basilica ahead of the Vatican conclave, a secret ballot that will elect the next pope. In a...
Catholic cardinals are meeting for the third straight day at the Vatican as they prepare to begin the process of selecting a new pope.
No date has be...
A service was held in St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday where cardinals who were in Rome to attend the General Congregations prayed for the church. T...
A Catholic organization has delivered a petition with thousands of signatures asking Cardinal Roger Mahony to recuse himself from the conclave in Rome...