Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the next pope.

The death of a pope triggers a centuries-old ritual to elect a new one.

The Holy See has formally protested to France after a court there ruled that a former high-ranking Vatican official was liable for what the court determined to be the wrongful dismissal of a nun from a religious order.

A Vatican cardinal is suing a Canadian woman for defamation after she accused him of sexual assault while he was archbishop of Quebec.

The Vatican cardinal accused in a class-action lawsuit in Canada of sexual assault against a woman has denied any inappropriate behavior.

The Vatican says a preliminary church investigation into sexual assault allegations by a Canadian woman against a top cardinal has determined the case doesn’t warrant further investigation.

The Vatican on Tuesday will release its long-awaited report into what it knew about ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarricks sexual misconduct during his rise through the church hierarchy. But beyond that, the McCarrick case has forced the Vatican to acknowledge that adults can be victims of sexual abuse, too. The Vatican's new policies, enacted as a response to the McCarrick scandal, spell out that adults can be forced “to perform or submit to sexual acts" through abuses of authority by church leaders. Here is what we know about the McCarrick case ahead of the release of the Vatican report:___WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT? McCarrick, 90, was defrocked last year after the Vatican determined he sexually abused adults and children, including during confession.