There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the ...

Cardinal You Heung-sik rejects papal rumors, says media has never guessed right, and stresses that the next pope must lead ...

Asia’s front-runner for the papacy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines is a charismatic moderate often dubbed the “Asian Francis”.

When a reporter asked whom he would like to see as the new pope, President Donald Trump replied, 'I’d like to be pope' ...

When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected in 2013 as Pope Francis, he was a near total Vatican outsider. He had never been a Vatican official, instead spending decades in local ministry. And he came ...

More than anything, the church needs a pastor like Pope Francis who is committed to the synodal process to keep the balance ...

This was just on the day they announced when the Conclave was taking place: Journalists will be scouring the city of Rome – ...

As the world’s most exclusive club prepares to elect the new pope, they face an immediate test of just how seriously they ...

The conclave consists of Cardinals from around the world gathering together at the Sistine Chapel for a closed-door meeting to decide the next leader of the Catholic church.

The papal conclave is private election held behind closed doors of Vatican City's Sistine Chapel, where 135 cardinals vote on who will serve as the next the head of the Catholic Church.

At the Chapel of Christ the Teacher on the University of Portland campus Tuesday, parishioners filled the pews to remember ...

The decision was made during a closed-door meeting of the College of Cardinals and announced at a media briefing at the ...