Ralph Fiennes was hanging out with a Catholic cardinal. The “English Patient” actor was preparing for his next role, as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence in the pope movie “Conclave,” in theaters ...

Other names in the mix include Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, 65, archbishop of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo; Bishop Anders Arborelius, 75, of Stockholm, who is Sweden’s ...

In Rome's St. Peter's Basilica four new princes of the church, clad in magnificent scarlet robes, knelt last week to receive from Pope John their red hats, symbolic of their elevation to the ...

Those sanctions, which Cipriani accepted and signed off on just before turning 75, apparently barred him wearing his red cardinal robes and other symbols associated with the cardinalate, from ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest in Rome. Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad attended the funeral. He wore a white cloak, different from other priests. This ...

FIENNES: (As Cardinal Lawrence) There is one sin which I have come to fear above all others - certainty. If there was only certainty and no doubt, there would be no mystery, and therefore no need ...

Another cardinal considered a leading contender to assume the miter is Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, 67, of the Philippines, often called the “Asian Francis” for his liberal leanings. If elected ...