What the world’s Indigenous Catholics don’t want to lose with the death of the first pontiff from the Southern Hemisphere: ...

With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will ...

The cardinals held their last day of pre-conclave meetings Tuesday morning, during which Francis' fisherman's ring and his official seal were destroyed in one of the final formal rites of the ...

After Pope Francis passed away last month, the race to succeed him has opened, with few names being cited as possible ...

For most of the Catholic Church's first millennium, popes used their given names. The first exception was the 6th century ...

With the conclave to select a new Pope beginning on May 7, a lot of people are wondering in what direction a new pope will ...

How the cardinals will decide who to vote for in the conclave - The 133 cardinals seem fundamentally united in finding a pope ...

The conclave to elect the next pope begins in Rome on Wednesday. Vatican watchers say the process is more than a simple ...

The next pope is unlikely to hail from the U.S., but here are three possible outliers who could be a factor when the College of Cardinals convenes on Wednesday.

The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That’s more than any ...

Pope Francis died on April 21, triggering a call for the 133 cardinal electors to gather in the Sistine Chapel to select the new leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. With representatives from ...