Popes choose their names carefully. When Jorge Bergoglio took the name “Francis” — a name no pope had used before, associated with a popular saint known for his concern for the poor and outcast — he ...

The pomp and ceremony of a papal conclave — the flutter of cardinals gathering in their red robes, the crowds at the Vatican awaiting the white smoke that proceeds the proclamation from a balcony — ...

What actually happens behind Vatican walls during the papal "conclave", set for May 7, 2025? Insiders offer fascinating details of when Catholic cardinals meet for the centuries-old practice of ...