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The Roman Catholic Church has announced that Pope Francis was rushed to a hospital and will be admitted to the hospital.

Don't mess with the pope. Unless, of course, you're a little girl.

Someone would be going to confession - but I guess this isn't a venial sin.  The Vatican has pulled thousands of papal medallions after someone noticed that the name "Jesus" was spelled "Lesus".

Pope John Paul II, who headed the Catholic Church from 1978 through his death in 2005, will soon officially become a saint. The sainthood was expected for the widely beloved pope, for whom thousands of Catholics chanted "Santo subito" ("Sainthood now”) in St...

Vice President Joe Biden will lead the delegation from the United States that is traveling to Vatican City for the installation of Pope Francis on Tuesday.  As a "self-proclaimed Catholic", the Obama administration probably thought he would be the logical choice. However, this latest news leaves many Catholic leaders scratching their heads - again.

There is a new Pope!

The cardinals ended their first day in sequestration without a decision.  The smoke from the chimney at the Sistine Chapel was black - signaling that there wasn't a front runner. T

As the cardinals get ready to elect a new head of the Holy See and the Curia, there's been a lot of talk about the high-tech ways in which the Vatican is trying to prevent news leaks.  One of the devices in  the news is a Faraday Cage.  But, what exactly is a Faraday Cage?

It's official.  The meeting to elect the next Pope - called The Conclave - will officially start on Tuesday March 12th, 2013.

So, let's say you're the blogger/reporter that's supposed to cover the upcoming Papal Conclave in Vatican City.  Realizing that you won't be allowed inside St. Peter's Basilica for the actual proceedings, the best place you could be as the events unfold would be in Rome, right?

As leaders of the Roman Catholic Church wait for the last remaining cardinal to arrive in Vatican City, all eyes will soon be watching the chimney at St. Peter's Basilica for the earliest signal that the See Of Rome has a new Pope.  Along the way, many interesting details about the Papal Conclave are coming out.

The Swiss Guards - the ensemble charged with protecting the Holy See and the Curia - was doing their job on Monday, when they prevented an imposter from entering the pre-conclave events at the Vatican.