With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ...

Francis was elected on the fifth in 2013.Challenges facing a new popeThere are any number of challenges facing a new pope and weighing on the cardinals, above all whether to continue and ...

She decided Wednesday morning to skip the Spanish Steps and Trevi Fountain and pray instead in ... the new pope and weigh on the cardinals — above all whether to continue and consolidate Francis ...