When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday at the start of conclave, the process of electing a new pope, they ...

Here’s a look at some of the leading papal contenders, with the proviso that favorites don’t typically end up getting the nod ...

They are trying to identify someone who could follow Pope Francis and make the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church credible and ...

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

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

Cardinals who will take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope began checking into two Vatican hotels.

Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming conclave at the Vatican ...

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

Catholics are watching as the 2025 papal conclave is set to begin, following the death of Pope Francis. The new Pope will ...

An expected 133 cardinal electors will enter the Sistine Chapel May 7 to elect the new Roman pontiff, the successor to Pope ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has emerged as an intriguing possibility ahead of ...