At Masses across Rome and socioeconomic lines, Catholics prayed the next pope focuses on poverty and peace days before the ...

While Pope Francis accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, leading candidates for Pope, face accusations of mishandling child ...

The gleaming colonnade of St Peter's Square provides a majestic backdrop as four men wait for a free dinner on a terrace in ...

Catholic cardinals are eligible to participate in the conclave, but two have indicated they will not attend. Two of these cardinals are from the Tri-State Area -- Timothy Cardinal Dolan from the ...