Here’s a look at some of the leading papal contenders, with the proviso that favorites don’t typically end up getting the nod ...

When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday at the start of conclave, the process of electing a new pope, they ...

The late pope was the first ever to style himself Francis, a name chosen in honour of the 13th-century saint St Francis of ...

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio emerged onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after the conclave of March 2013, few ...

Inverted crosses visible as Pope Francis lay in state symbolise Saint Peter, the first pontiff, and are not a reference to ...

The closed-door conclave to elect a new pope following Pope Francis's death will begin on May 7, 2025-a crucial moment for ...

The main question on this second consideration is whether the next pope should continue what Pope Francis has initiated, or ...

The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church ...

Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming conclave at the Vatican ...

They seem fundamentally united in finding a pope who will be able to make the 2,000-year-old church credible and relevant ...

The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic order founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola committed to spirituality and ...

The Conference of Women Religious India said that Pope Francis had given them "more strength, dignity and space in the church ...