Addressing cardinals, dressed in their distinctive red vestments, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re told they are making a “choice of exceptional importance”.

Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco of France, ... It seemed perhaps that the cardinals had already picked a pope who was getting dressed to come out onto the balcony. Instead, ...

Older cardinals can’t vote in the conclave, ... Cardinal Calcagno said that, in general, the first ballot is a “dress rehearsal” to see which names might have a shot.

Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne in a file photo. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.) Listen ROME – After the eruption of an international scandal over the participation of a Peruvian cardinal ...

WASHINGTON — More than 130 cardinals were locked in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, beginning the conclave to elect the next pope. The centuries-old ritual began after a Vatican official called ...

The College of Cardinals elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the 267th pontiff. Prevost, who selected the name Pope Leo XIV, stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first ...

FILE – Cardinals leave St. Peter’s Basilica after the funeral for late cardinal Angelo Amato in at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File) Scenery and aesthetics ...

The stories in REMEMBERING GEORGE CARDINAL PELL show the depth and breadth of Cardinal Pell’s humanity. While much has been written to vilify him in the popular press by those who opposed his ideas, ...