There could be some high-profile athletes joining the crowds in St. Peter’s Square over the coming days to keep track of the ...

As the College of Cardinals gathers in Vatican City for the secretive process that will elect a new head of the Roman ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

The two are passing through Rome on vacation and will continue to southern Italy. But they are practicing Catholics and were ...

Becoming pope was a big deal for a cardinal and his family. Leading candidates known as papabili (pope-ables) began ...

All of the 133 cardinals expected to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican ...

Rome’s key tourist sites within the Vatican - the heart of the Catholic Church - are now absorbed by mourning and reelection ...

Two cardinals, Michael Czerny and Chibly Langlois, sat down with ABC News to discuss the challenges facing the church that ...

Speculation grows over who will be named new Pope while cardinals gather for secret election - Italian Cardinal Pietro ...

A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the ...

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

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