Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY -- As members of the College of Cardinals met May 5, all 133 cardinals who plan to enter the conclave to elect...

VATICAN CITY -- St. John Paul II had the Domus Sanctae Marthae built primarily to house cardinals in simple comfort during a conclave. Pope Francis,...

VATICAN CITY -- Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state since early in the pontificate of Pope Francis, has long been near the top...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis made history with his election in 2013 as the first Latin American as well as the first Jesuit ever...

VATICAN CITY -- Whether Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who relinquished the rights associated with being a cardinal after he was forced to resign in 2020,...

VATICAN CITY -- The funeral Mass of Pope Francis will be celebrated April 26 in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re,...

VATICAN CITY — Centuries of experience dealing with the death, or occasional resignation, of a pope has left the Catholic Church with thorough instructions...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' emphasis on God's mercy and on pastoral outreach to Catholics who felt pushed to the edges of the Catholic...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' funeral rites, like those for any pope or any Christian, are meant to "reinforce the hope and witness to...

VATICAN CITY -- Especially in a Jubilee Year, but also every day, priests are called to continual conversion so that they can authentically preach...