Vatican City, where the Roman Catholic Church is located, is not only famous for being the home of the Pope but also for the ...

Pope Francis, who rose from modest means in Argentina to become the first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff, clashed bitterly ...

He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St. Peter’s Square, washing ...

Francis moderated the authoritarianism of his predecessors but more change is needed; the cardinals must elect someone who ...

Pope Francis brought a breath of fresh air into a 2,000-year-old institution that had seen its influence wane during the ...

The death of a pope triggers a centuries-old ritual to elect a new one. It involves sacred oaths, the piercing of ballots ...

A new study finds that fragments of tumor DNA in a patient's bloodstream could show that they are at high risk of a melanoma ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

These paintings are both by the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian but display strikingly different styles. The house on the left is ...

The election of a new Pope begins between 15 to 20 days after the death. The camerlengo, a cardinal in the Catholic Church, ...

Pope Francis, the first pope from the Americas, is remembered for challenging traditions of the Catholic church and advocating for social justice.

For centuries, the head of the Roman Catholic Church has been chosen through what’s known as a papal conclave. The ...