There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the ...

Cardinals rank just below the pope, and those who belong to the powerful College of Cardinals are tasked with electing a new ...

More than anything, the church needs a pastor like Pope Francis who is committed to the synodal process to keep the balance ...

The Vatican's May 7 conclave will adhere to centuries-old traditions to choose a new pope, with cardinals casting ballots in ...

The world's Catholic cardinals met on Monday for the first time after the funeral of Pope Francis to discuss a possible date ...

And he came from Argentina, the first pope from the Americas.As the world's Catholic cardinals meet this week to discuss who ...

Pope Francis’ death fires the gun on what many see as a battle for the soul of the church – pitting those who want to ...

Pope Francis appointed a significant number of cardinals from the Global South. Among the 135 cardinals currently eligible to ...

The papal conclave is private election held behind closed doors of Vatican City's Sistine Chapel, where 135 cardinals vote on who will serve as the next the head of the Catholic Church.

Matteo Bruni, the director of the Holy See Press Office, said the names of the two cardinals would not be revealed during an ...

Catholic Church leaders in Africa remember Francis as a pontiff who kept the continent close to his heart, advocating for its ...

The church is divided. The problem is to find the one who unites, not pretend that it isn’t divided,” one church historian ...