Following are key facts about the conclave - one of the world’s oldest and most secretive electoral processes.

A pile of stones ceases to be a pile of stones the moment a single man contemplates it, carrying with him the image of a ...

Cardinals electing Pope Francis's successor will have an easier time than many of their predecessors, who endured spartan ...

The papacy has a history of bizarre events — one Pope's corpse was dug up and put on trial, one Pope sold the papacy twice, ...

Pope Pius III’s papacy was one of the shortest in the history of the Catholic Church, lasting only 26 days. He became pope on ...

In the aftermath of Pope Francis's passing, L'Aquila reflects on the deep bond the Pontiff forged with the city, especially ...

Msgr. James R. Tracy Friends of Msgr. James R. Tracy are remembering the longtime priest as a man who inspired ...

Pope predicting is not a new phenomenon. One of the documents which is often referred to in this light is a medieval text ...

Here is the complete list of 266 Popes from the past to present. Most recently, Pope Francis led the Catholic Church from ...

A man with an unusual background who in his youth served as a bouncer in a night club and later trained as a chemist, Mario ...

Pope Francis will be laid to rest April 26 at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major, in keeping with his final wishes. The decision breaks a 300-year tradition of papal burials at St. Peter’s Basilica in ...

Just 10 days after Pope Francis was appointed head of the Catholic Church, he received an ominous gift from his predecessor — ...