Cardinals say the primary task facing them when the conclave opens Wednesday is to find a pope who can be both a pastor and a ...

Fr. Kyle Doustou, a pastor in Old Town and soon to be Vicar General for the Diocese of Portland, sat down with Maine's Total ...

While Medieval Conclaves could extend for months and even years, the rules were tweaked by Pope John Paul II and Pope ...

Becoming pope was a big deal for a cardinal and his family. Leading candidates known as papabili (pope-ables) began ...

When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday at the start of conclave, the process of electing a new pope, they<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

There could be some high-profile athletes joining the crowds in St. Peter’s Square over the coming days to keep track of the ...

The secret election appears wide open but here are some of the names, in alphabetical order, being talked about as possible ...

Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. The support staff for the cardinals who will ...

The two are passing through Rome on vacation and will continue to southern Italy. But they are practicing Catholics and were ...

The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church.