Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali, the former archbishop of Philadelphia, is outside the age cutoff for the conclave to select ...

Of the small handful of papal contenders, an even smaller subset tends flocks in countries at war. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ...

President Donald Trump posted an artificial intelligence-generated image of himself dressed as pope as the mourning of Pope ...

Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...

More cardinals from more countries than ever will gather in the Sistine Chapel starting Wednesday to choose a new pope at a ...

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

Shortly after it was announced that Pope Francis had died, online gambling websites posted the betting favorites to replace ...

While Pope Francis accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his ...

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

In today’s world, with new technologies mixed with social media, one could excuse a 19-year-old trying to get a laugh on the ...

After Benedict XVI’s resignation was announced on February 11, 2013, the conclave took a little over a month to convene. Further reading: New cardinals: Who will elect the next pope in a conclave?