While Pope Franci s accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his ...

Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...

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As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

Just days before the conclave to elect the next pope, cardinals are confronting deep-rooted issues—ranging from clerical ...

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...