When the legendary St. Teresa of Ávila needed spiritual counsel during the Spanish Inquisition, she did not turn to St. John ...

The potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.

In lavish halls, days before a conclave will select a new pope, power brokers came together for a mix of devotion, activism, ...

As the cardinals gather in conclave beginning today, May 7, the Church and all people of goodwill are invited to pray this ...

At the end of each voting round, black smoke means a new pope has not yet to be selected, while white smoke indicates a new ...

When the cardinals gather in the Pauline Chapel and process to the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin the process of choosing a ...

U.S Cardinal Daniel DiNardo prepares to leave the Pontifical North American College ahead of the conclave, in Rome, Italy, on ...

Beginning Thursday, the cardinals will hold four votes each day: two in the morning and two in the afternoon. Each round of ...

"I doubt Pope Francis watched much TV," Alvarado said, adding that EWTN includes a diversity of opinion. "We are proud of our wall-to-wall coverage of the Church and Pope Francis's pontificate." ...

Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday at the start of conclave, the process of electing a new pope, they ...

He asked, in a friendly way, why Catholics seemed to spend so much time worrying over matters of doctrine, and why the Vatican had an entire office designed, in his words, to “police Catholic ...