The Vatican announced Monday that the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor will begin in the Sistine Chapel on May 7.

A coalition of survivors of clergy sexual abuse demand the next pope adopt a universal zero-tolerance policy for abuse.

The so-called “sede vacante” stamps include an image used by the Vatican in official documents in periods between popes: two ...

As the world's Catholic cardinals meet this week to discuss who should succeed Francis, the deliberations will have to ...