Cardinals from around the world are gathering at the Vatican to prepare for the conclave to choose the next pope. The centuries-old tradition begins May 7. KHOU 11's Ron Treviño spoke with Daniel ...

In 2005, after the death of Pope John Paul II, a group of cardinals reportedly gathered in Al Passetto di Borgo, a restaurant ...

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

I expect it won’t go as quickly as the last conclave. But maybe I’ll be proven wrong. I would be happy about that,” said ...

Raniero Mancinelli, an 86-year-old tailor from Rome, is preparing a cassock for the new pope, whose selection will take place ...

Travellers to Rome should expect closures, visitor restrictions and crowds at some of the city’s main attractions.

Survivors of clerical abuse, experts in child protection and victim advocacy groups have collectively decried the presence of ...

Much of what you hear about who the next pope will be, spoken with enormous confidence by people in the know, is often ...

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...

Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See Press Office, had stated at an April 29 press briefing that two cardinal electors ...

How “unity” and “clarity” are becoming buzzwords for reversing Pope Francis’ style of governance: a Conclave Podcast from ...

All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around, differing in beliefs about the sacraments, the pope, the ...