Cardinals meet to elect Pope Francis’ successor—will the Church continue his inclusive legacy or return to a more ...

As cardinals gather in Rome this week to select the next pope, global news networks covering every twist and turn will be ...

A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the ...

The Jerusalem and Sweden branches of the Vatican’s Caritas charitable federation released photos of the repurposed vehicle on ...

Contenders for pope emerge from the U.S., Asia, and Africa—raising the chance of a non-European successor to Francis.

The secret election appears wide open but here are some of the names, in alphabetical order, being talked about as possible ...

The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope" — from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica is followed first by the ...

Although estranged from his own religious order for more than two decades, Pope Francis reconciled immediately after his ...

In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ever, with 108 of them being appointed by Pope ...

They are trying to identify someone who could follow Pope Francis and make the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church credible and ...

All mobile phone signal will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...

NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...