As members of the College of Cardinals prepare for the conclave, they face a profound choice: Build on the late pope’s ...

By Motoko Rich Reporting from Rome For betting types, the conventional wisdom says not to put your money on a pope from the United States. Yet one American some Vatican watchers say could scrape ...

A possible contender for the papacy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi has worked with the needy and the disenfranchised, even as he ...

Conclave,” the film may have introduced movie-goers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the ...

On 21st April 2025, Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, died. His funeral took place on 26th April, with thousands of mourners crowding into St Peter’s Square to pay their respects.

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has certainly already begun.

Snippets of the conversation between the pope and Scorsese will be interwoven into the film, which does not have a release ...