When the conclave's cardinals finish casting their ballots under Michelangelo's frescoed ceilings of the Sistine Chapel, the ...

What the world’s Indigenous Catholics don’t want to lose with the death of the first pontiff from the Southern Hemisphere: ...

May the next pope walk the path Francis helped illuminate—with humility, courage, and the conviction that faith must always ...

The United States is home to 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any other nation ...

As the conclave to elect the next pope begins Wednesday at the Vatican, four candidates have emerged as clear ...

There has never been an American pope, but Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost could change that. He is on some lists of possible ...

Contenders for pope emerge from the U.S., Asia, and Africa—raising the chance of a non-European successor to Francis.

Bets on real-world events are becoming more common, and putting down some money on who will become the Catholic Church’s next ...

When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday at the start of conclave, the process of electing a new pope, they ...

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

Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of the direction the Roman ...

Cardinals enter a conclave on Wednesday to choose a new pope, leader of the world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.