A papal conclave blends the political and the spiritual, cardinals and theologians say. Here, in Catholic belief, is how the ...

The papal conclave...is a sacred event grounded in the belief the Holy Spirit guides the cardinals in choosing the next pope” ...

When the cardinals gather in the Pauline Chapel and process to the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin the process of choosing a ...

Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognizing that millions of people all over the world were praying for them, 133 ...

More than 130 Catholic cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, ...

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to ...

Becoming the first pope to ever come from the U.S. and Peru ... The secrecy also relates back to a central Catholic belief that the Holy Spirit should guide the Cardinals to make the best choice ...

What the Catechism of the Catholic ... [LH, Hymn for Evening Prayer.] God is eternal blessedness, undying life, unfading light. God is love: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. God freely wills to ...