VATICAN CITY – An Italian cardinal who was convicted of embezzlement and fraud said on April 29 he will not take part in the secret conclave to elect the new pope that will be held beginning on May 7 ...

For decades, the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests was covered up by the Church. But cardinals on Monday listed it ...

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, the first cardinal convicted by the Vatican’s criminal court, announced on Tuesday that he will not participate in the secret conclave to elect the next pope.Becciu, ...

Once a candidate with a two-thirds majority is elected, the Dean, currently Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re, will ask him if he ...