Cardinal Angelo Becciu has officially withdrawn from the May 7 papal conclave under intense legal and ethical scrutiny. Once ...

The last time no pre-conclave order came in to the Vatican's tailor of choice, Gammarelli, was October 1978, when cardinal ...

The late Pope Francis’ funeral is over, and Italy is now said to be buzzing with talk of the upcoming conclave, by which the ...

Each day of the conclave, the cardinals recite morning and evening prayer together and concelebrate Mass. They have time for ...

The next leader of the global Catholic Church needs to put the issue of clerical sex abuse at the heart of their papacy, ...

The conclave to elect a successor for Pope Francis is the first in over 46 years that the Vatican has not ordered three cassocks for the new head: One small, one medium and one large to cover all ...

Even before former pope Benedict XVI's surprise resignation in 2013, Cardinal Peter Turkson had been considered Africa's ...