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

A rare adjustment has expanded the number of voting cardinals to 135, amplifying African representation in the selection of the next pope.

Cardinals yesterday moved into the Vatican accommodation where they will stay during the conclave, on the eve of their ...

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 ...

Who is Pietro Parolin? The longtime Vatican diplomat who could be the next pope - Pietro Parolin has been the Vatican's ...

How the conclave will be kept secret - The Vatican has made sure that what happens in the Sistine Chapel stays in the Sistine ...

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 ...

Papal candidates are known as “papabile” or translated from the Italian, “pope-able.” The vast majority of the papabile were ...

Starting Wednesday, the Roman Catholic College of Cardinals will gather inside the Sistine Chapel to begin choosing the next pope.

Cardinals for the Roman Catholic Church are in Rome ahead of the papal conclave. Here's when it starts and how to keep up with the latest.

The conclave that begins May 7 is expected to be the largest in history, with a wide geographical mix of cardinal-electors.While 115 cardinals took part in the conclaves in 2005 and 2013, 133 prelates ...

The students at Pinecrest Academy, a Catholic school in Forsyth County, excitedly lined the hallways of the school Tuesday morning to be blessed by their new pope: 7-year-old David.