Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators.The support staff for the cardinals who will ...

Each cardinal was met with a barrage of camera flashes and pundits thrusting microphones before them as they approached the ...

Cardinals gathered at the Vatican for a meeting ahead of electing a new pope have emphasized the need for a pastoral pope who ...

The cardinals will have to give up their mobile phones and electronic devices on Tuesday and they will receive their devices ...

Gibson, of Fordham, said another factor that might throw off the traditional resistance to an American pope is the election ...

Pope Francis appointed women to key Vatican posts. Will his successor consider women as deacons and priests next?

NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...

Preparations are underway at the Vatican as the conclave is set to begin Wednesday. Cardinals and select workers will be ...

Sistine Chapel to elect the next pope. Understanding their makeup in geographic terms can help explain some of their ...

The College of Cardinals held its 11th general congregation at 5 p.m. Rome time on Monday in preparation for the May 7 conclave.