ROME (AP) — With interest in a papal elections high thanks to the Oscar-nominated film “Conclave, ” Pope Francis threw a wrench Thursday in some of the speculation about a future Sistine Chapel vote ...

Previous deans have been some of the most influential cardinals in the church, including Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who after he presided over the funeral of Pope John Paul II as dean was himself ...

"The faithful who enroll in Masonic associations are in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion," Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who would go on to become Pope, declared at the time.