Who will be the next pope? That's the question flying around Italy. It's also the focus of a new online game called "Fantapapa," which is like fantasy soccer, but you pick 11 cardinals instead.

Cardinals electing a new pope have some fundamental questions to weigh, beyond whether to give the Catholic Church its first ...

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Cardinals from around the world will meet under Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect a new leader ...

A papal conclave blends the political and the spiritual, cardinals and theologians say. Here, in Catholic belief, is how the ...

Pro-Russian actors routinely spread fake Charlie Hebdo editions online to discredit Ukraine and weaken the West's support for ...

The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope” — from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica is followed first by the ...

Cardinals will begin moving into the Vatican accommodation on Tuesday, May 6 where they will stay during the conclave, on the ...

Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming conclave at the Vatican ...

Not just one but two Filipinos are being reported by international media as among the “papabile” or cardinals likely to be ...

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