Brian Burch, nominated by Donald Trump to become the next ambassador to the Holy See, tied to fake news about the health of ...

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Cardinals are starting the next conclave to select the next pope on May 7. Here’s who AI has pegged as the potential ...

Anticipation is growing ahead of May 7th, when the papal conclave processions are scheduled to begin. "Everyone's just waiting for Wednesday. Everyone's just kind of pins and needles," said Chandler ...

LONDON (AP) — Cities from London to Moscow will be awash with parades, flyovers and memorials this week as the world marks ...

Bets on real-world events are becoming more common, and putting down some money on who will become the Catholic Church’s next ...

Here’s a look at some of the leading papal contenders, with the proviso that favorites don’t typically end up getting the nod ...

For this conclave these kingmakers are said to include Timothy Dolan, the conservative archbishop of New York; Jean-Claude ...

When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday at the start of conclave, the process of electing a new pope, they ...

The late pontiff was the first ever to style himself Pope Francis, a name chosen in honour of the 13th-century saint St ...

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

The first clue of the next pope’s direction will be the name the winner chooses. The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope” — from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica is followed first by the ...