The prayer book is the "Ordo Rituum Conclavis" ("Rites of the Conclave"), which was approved by St. John Paul II in 1998, but ...

The attention of the church now turns decisively to the question of Francis’ successor and the preparations for the conclave ...

The National Day of Prayer will be Thursday. Christians all over the country will gather in or near courthouses, city squares ...

The College of Cardinals has requested that all Catholics pray for them, so that they may listen the Holy Spirit as they discern whom to choose as the next Pope.

As the conclave approaches, the cardinals have emphasized that this is a time of grace and discernment for the Church.

This dynamic interplay between God’s will in all its perfection and our fallible human capacities for discernment is one ...