Brazil’s Amazon state of Rondonia has passed a law in favor of cattle ranchers who converted a large area of rainforest ...

As cardinals begin a conclave to choose Pope Francis’ successor, they must decide whether to find a pope who follows his path ...

With little fanfare and virtually no publicity, lawmakers in the Brazilian state of Rondonia have passed legislation in favor of hundreds of cattle ranchers who had illegally converted swathes of ...

Armenian communities across South America commemorated the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide with a wide array of ...

It took nearly 440 years after the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines before the first Filipino, Rufino Jiao Santos, joined the College of Cardinals in 1960. Another 52 years passed before ...

Nearly 90 percent of the cardinals from Africa, Asia and South America in the conclave are there thanks to Francis. By ...

Only one ballot was cast on the first day of the conclave. On following days, up to four ballots are cast each day. If, after ...

As expected, the 133 cardinals who entered the Sistine Chapel May 7 failed to elect the next pope on their first ballot.

Who will be the new Pope? It's a search trend that has continued on Google since Francis's death and the start of the ...

A Filipino or Congolese pope would signal that Catholicism’s demographic heart now beats in Manila and Kinshasa, rather than ...

BLACK smoke has risen from the Sistine Chapel about 9pm Rome Time and as expected, the 133 cardinals in conclave failed to ...