In the film “Conclave,” now streaming on Prime Video, Ralph Fiennes plays a Catholic cardinal presiding over the election of a new pope. In real life, that task falls to Cardinal Pietro Parolin, a ...

Shortly before noon on the day that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope Benedict XVI, I was standing in St. Peter's Square with a smart young Carmelite priest from Ireland. We were watching ...

The word conclave comes from the Latin “cum clave,” literally “with a key,” which conveys the image of the cardinal electors being locked in the Sistine Chapel until the new pope is elected. Isolating ...

VATICAN CITY — (AP) — Cardinals electing a new pope have some fundamental questions to weigh, beyond whether to give the Catholic Church its first Asian or African pontiff, or a conservative or ...

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany addresses the faithful as the new pope in this frame from TV, at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 19 2005. Bells chimed at St. Peter's Basilica Tuesday evening, ...

Bishop Barron, of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, referenced a homily given by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in April 2005, the day before he was elected pope. Bishop Robert Barron of ...

The 133 cardinals from 70 different countries face a monumental task: choosing a pope who can restore credibility and relevance to the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church, particularly among young people.