Among the regular pilgrims, tourists and assorted onlookers were groups of nuns. There are around 600,000 Catholic nuns ...

The cardinals who are electing the next pope sometimes look as ideologically polarized as many secular voters around the ...

Catholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect a new pope.

In a historic moment for the Catholic Church, the voting process for Pope Francis’ successor has concluded, culminating in the selection of a new Pope. The announcement was made on Thursday evening, ...