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

Shortly after attending Pope Francis’ funeral in Rome, Donald Trump suggested he would be happy to be the next pope. In a ...

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 ...

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

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) jokingly asked the conclave to “keep an open mind” about making President Trump the next pope.

A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” (with a key) to ...

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.

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 ...

Shortly after joking about himself as the next pope, Trump clarified that he does not have “a preference” for who takes the ...