As the cardinals of the Catholic Church prepare to meet in the Conclave electing a successor to Pope Francis, various issues ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings Tuesday, trying to identify a possible new pope who could ...

Priests and other celebrants distribute the Holy Communion – the bread and wine, representing the body and blood of Christ – ...

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

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

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

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

As leaders from around the world pay tribute to the late Pope Francis, China's President Xi Jinping has not offered his ...

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

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

Cardinals will gather on 7 May in a conclave in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope. Here is a brief glossary of ...