The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

"Our students in their lives have only known Pope Francis," Pius X Principal Terry Kathol said, so this is something they are ...

Several Green County churches are holding Mass ... They say it's an exciting time, not just for Catholics, but for everyone. As all eyes are on the Vatican, churchgoers at St. Pius X in Tulsa ...

Before US-China meeting, nations each say the ... bent. Pius IX ordered the kidnapping of the Jewish boy Edgardo Mortara in 1858 and raised him Catholic in the Vatican after learning he had been ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become the next pope.

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become the next pope.

There is no set time limit for the conclave; the longest conclave in modern times took place in 1903, when Pope Pius X was chosen after ... in his very first speech, saying, “I come from the ...

“We're saying ... The eventual winner, Gregory X, tightened up conclave rules. The longest conclave in modern times, in 1903, ended when Pope Pius X was chosen after five days.

The 133 cardinals are expected to vote again in the morning after spending the night sequestered at the Vatican residences. On Wednesday evening, black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.