Presidents, religious leaders and many Roman Catholics welcomed Joseph Ratzinger's election as Pope Benedict XVI.Full Story

Cardinals on Tuesday elected conservative German prelate Joseph Ratzinger as the new leader of the world's 1.1 billion Roman Catholics.Full Story

A new pope was elected by Roman Catholic cardinals on Tuesday to succeed John Paul II. The election of the 265th pontiff on only the second day of a conclave was signaled by white smoke from the chapel chimney.Full Story

Cardinals head into their first full day of voting for a new pope on Tuesday after an inaugural ballot failed to find a successor to John Paul.Full Story

Roman Catholic cardinals destroyed the late Pope John Paul's ring and seal in a symbolic end to his authority.Full Story

VATICAN CITY - The countdown to the conclave to elect a new pope combines the tension of a nomination to the U.S. presidency with the intrigue that surrounded the rise of a Caesar in ancient Rome.With ...Full Story

China sent no representatives to the Pope's funeral.Full Story

After the recent passing of Pope John Paul II, over a hundred Roman Catholic cardinals from around the world will gather togetherFull Story

Roman Catholic cardinals took a media vow of silence as they prepared to choose a successor to Pope John Paul.Full Story

Latin America's Catholics held vigils and masses on Friday to mark the funeral of Pope John Paul II.Full Story