Robert Harris' novel "Conclave," a political papal thriller set in the Vatican as cardinals jostle and conspire to elect a ...

In many respects, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn and Cardinal Timothy Dolan have traveled similar paths to the most powerful ...

An introspective Pope Francis divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the 2013 conclave that elected him pope and the resistance he has encountered ever since, in his autobiogra ...

Imagine if Clarkson’s Farm was on Long Island, not the Cotswolds golden triangle, and run not by Jeremy Clarkson but a celebrated Italian actor and feminist who speaks three languages, has an ...

Pope Francis falls and hurts his arm, Vatican says, weeks after another fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis ... He also recounts his surprise at being chosen in 2013 to lead the Catholic church, saying: “I had never imagined that the conclave could affect me directly ...

An introspective Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that elected him pope and the resistance he has encountered ever since, in his ...

Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that elected him pope and the resistance he has encountered. (AP video by Paolo Lucariello) Argentina’s ...

(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File) ROME (AP) — An introspective Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that elected him pope and the ...