When the cardinals gather in the Pauline Chapel and process to the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin the process of choosing a new pope, they call upon the assistance of the Holy Spirit as they sing ...

“I pray our next Pope embraces and expands on Pope Francis’ resolute passion and dedication to the Beatitudes — and further ...

Catholic News Network Vatican Correspondent Colm Flynn explains the conclave process as cardinals gather to elect the next pope. “This is an election … and what’s different about this, of course, is ...

A Clare native working in the Vatican insists there remains no clear frontrunner to succeed Pope Francis. All the cardinals ...

More than a billion Catholics from around the world await the decision of 133 cardinals who will on Wednesday begin the process of electing the next head of the Catholic church inside Rome’s Sistine ...

I don’t know if they’re looking for conservative, liberal, progressive, traditional, fat or thin.. I think they’re just ...