There is no formal candidate process for the College of Cardinals to pull from when selecting the next pope – meaning any Catholic male could potentially be chosen as the next leader of the ...

Cardinals are chosen by the Holy Father to serve as his principal assistants and advisers in the central administration of church affairs. Collectively, they form the College of Cardinals.

They are known as the cardinal electors, and their number is 135. According to the United States Council of Catholic Bishops, before the conclave, the College of Cardinals, which includes 252 ...

The meeting of the College of Cardinals, where the next head of the Catholic Church will be selected, is scheduled to take place on May 7 Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE.

Leeds before becoming spiritual director of the English College, Rome, which he has described as one of the most “privileged” roles he’s held. In 1996, Cardinal Basil Hume appointed him ...