As members of the College of Cardinals prepare for the conclave, they face a profound choice: Build on the late pope’s ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago, has spent the bulk of his career outside the United States. Supporters ...

Pope Francis was not afraid of messiness. That seems to have been part and parcel of his pastoral freedom, charging into ...

The Vatican is finalizing preparations for the May 7 conclave, with firefighters on Friday installing a chimney on the roof ...

A possible contender for the papacy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi has worked with the needy and the disenfranchised, even as he ...

The proportion of cardinal electors from Africa and the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America, and countries in ...

A significant shift in the landscape of the upcoming papal conclave occurred this week as Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, ...

Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has replaced Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin as the new favorite to become the next pope ...

Cardinal Gerhard Müller has called on the next pope to stand up to the "gay lobby" as the race to choose the next leader of ...

Pope Francis’ wooden coffin was sealed on Friday night, in a private rite that officially ends three days of his body lying ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, 91, will preside over Pope Francis' April 26 funeral. He has served in the Roman curia for ...

I wish I did not have to vote because I wish that Francis were still alive. But it is a fact that he has left us,” Cardinal ...