The release of the film Conclave has once again thrown the spotlight on one of the most arcane, storied and secretive events ...

It features backstabbing men in spectacular getups who stage-whisper like conniving divas. I nominate it the movie that most ...

When he was 13, Ralph Fiennes told his mother he wasn’t going to go to Mass any more. “My mother was a committed Catholic, very much so,” he says. In his early teens, the Fiennes family was living in ...

When 130 cardinals gather in Rome to elect a new pope, intrigue and politics isn't very far behind, writes Dan Slevin.

Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Christmas Eve to ... The ceremony was attended by cardinals and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ...

But if the profiles of the U.S. cardinals are any guide, these are as tendentious as the list of papabili ... Reputedly going over the heads of his Vatican advisers, Francis appointed Cupich ...

Pope Francis raised the alarm on the financial situation of the Vatican in a November 19 letter addressed to the College of Cardinals and ... be on your travel bucket list ...

The ceremony was attended by cardinals and Italian Prime Minister ... "It's my first time in Rome and for me, to be here at the Vatican, I feel already blessed," said Lisbeth Dembele, a 52-year ...

The British Academy's shortlists, which will be announced at midday, are likely to be a strong Oscars indicator.

Only 2 1/2 years after being named a cardinal, a top San Diego spiritual leader is headed to Washington, D.C., as archbishop, ...

Archbishop of Washington Cardinal Robert McElroy's remarks are at odds with the incoming Trump administration's mass ...

Pope Francis celebrated first vespers for the vigil of the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, in St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday.