There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.” That means they possess the ...

Philatelists all over the world now have a new object of desire: the Vatican's special Sede Vacante stamp. The stamps mark ...

Pope Francis had a remarkable impact on the Vatican. In Poland, the last Catholic stronghold of Europe, Francis took action, ...

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...

When a pope dies or resigns, the Catholic Church follows an ancient, secretive process called the conclave to elect his ...

Leading the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church. Location: Vatican City. There are no official candidates for the papacy, but ...

In an increasingly global Catholic Church, an Italian pope is still possible — but not probable. View on euronews ...

Catholic Church leaders in Africa remember Francis as a pontiff who kept the continent close to his heart, advocating for its ...

The stamps, released on Monday, mark the interregnum between the death of Pope Francis and the election of his successor, a ...

That love was Amalia Damonte, an Argentine woman whom Jorge Mario met during childhood in the Flores neighborhood of Buenos ...

Pope John Paul II visited Australia in 1986, who becomes only the second Pope to visit Australia after Pope Paul VI's 1970 tour. On that time he was 66 years old, and had visited every state and ...

Pope Benedict was elected in 2005, just after his 78th birthday. Of the 103 popes whose exact age at election is known, Pope ...