Cardinals meeting ahead of the conclave also discussed Vatican finances and Cardinal Becciu’s withdrawal from the election of ...

In closed-door sessions called congregations, cardinals have given 70 speeches to their brethren. The conclave is likely to ...

As cardinals prepared to elect a new pope at the Vatican following the death of Pope Francis in April 2025, a rumor began to spread that U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, ...

Trump recently joked that he would be his own "No. 1 choice" to succeed Pope FrancisAfter President Donald Trump jokingly ...

A coalition of survivors of clergy sexual abuse demand the next pope adopt a universal zero-tolerance policy for abuse.

Known by his peers as a serious theologian, scholar and educator, Erdő, 72, is a leading contender among conservatives. He ...

In the meantime, Holy Spirit Catholic Church in North Platte hosted a requiem mass in honor of the late Pope Francis Tuesday ...

In a pre-conclave meeting, an Italian cardinal, and backer of Cardinal Parolin as next pope, attacked Pope Francis for ...

The church has never elected an African pope in its modern history. If it did, it would likely indicate a continuing trend of ...

A post by Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina suggesting that Donald Trump become the next Pope has spurred some heated ...

Conservatives are also pushing for Cardinal Peter Erdo of Hungary, who has been silently complicit in the wake of repressive ...

"I must say, we have a cardinal that happens to be out of a place called New York who’s very good, so we’ll see what happens, ...