According to Universi Dominici Gregis, the apostolic constitution regulating the “sede vacante,” the College of Cardinals ...

The media have never had so much influence on the men who pick the pope.

Cardinals have wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings before they enter the conclave to elect a new pope. They are trying to ...

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

As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel, ...

There has never been an American pope, but Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost could change that. He is on some lists of possible ...

DeBernardo, in an statement issued Tuesday, said some cardinals have been vocal in their opposition to Francis' leadership of ...

USA TODAY will stream coverage of the conclave on its YouTube channel, available here or at the embed below. The first day's livestream is scheduled to run from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 7 ...

On the eve of the conclave to elect the next pope, the world's smallest country, Vatican City, is engulfed in commotion as ...

Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi is a discreet 69-year-old diplomat with a progressive stance who was entrusted by Pope Francis ...

The cardinals who enter the Sistine Chapel use smoke signals to let the outside world know when a new pope has been chosen.