A U.S. bishop thought it was unlikely that Catholic cardinals would break with more than two centuries of precedent to pick a ...

Bells rang in St. Peter's Square and the crowd erupted in cheers on the second day of the papal conclave when white smoke billowed.

With the recent conclave signaling the election of a new pope, attention has turned to the potential successors of Pope ...

As dozens of cardinals arrived for their pre-conclave meetings on Friday, it was probably not lost on them that the next pope was among them. So, who ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful ...

Francis’ successor will be selected by cardinals at the conclave that began on May 7. Cardinals, known as the “princes of the ...

President Trump joked about becoming pope, but could he actually lead the Catholic church? Here's what it takes to become the ...

The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 ...

Whether it is Francis II, Leo XIV, or a never-before-used name, a new pope's chosen name sends an early signal about his ...