Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more ...

Should the Catholic Church welcome gay families? Should it welcome women at the altar? As 133 cardinals prepare for the 2025 ...

Catholic cardinals are set to gather for the 2025 conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor. Here's how long it could take.

African outreach was among Pope Francis' legacies, observers say, with numerous visits and a message of mercy inspiring ...

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 late pontiff was the first ever to style himself Pope Francis, a name chosen in honour of the 13th-century saint St ...

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Cardinals say the primary task facing them when the conclave opens Wednesday is to find a pope who can be both a pastor and a ...

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

All mobile phone signal will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...

Pope Francis diversified the College of Cardinals more than any of his predecessors, shifting the balance of power away from ...

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio emerged onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after the conclave of March 2013, few ...