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As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

The archbishop is a standard-bearer for those in the church who favor a return to traditional rules and doctrine after Pope ...

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

VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — All 133 Catholic cardinals who will vote for a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican said ...

Four frontrunners have emerged as the most likely contenders known as papabile to succeed Pope Francis but at least a dozen ...

A papal conclave blends the political and the spiritual, cardinals and theologians say. Here, in Catholic belief, is how the ...

While there are a few cardinals seen as front-runners to succeed Pope Francis -- two often mentioned are Italian Cardinal ...

Workers and clerics assisting the dozens of Catholic cardinals set to gather Wednesday to begin voting on the next pope had ...