The next pope should instead be a man who models mutual respect, intellectual humility and a spirit of wonder at God’s ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 Catholic cardinals are beginning the ...

Pope Francis' death set off a series of traditions that culminates in a vote for his successor. Here are some of the possible ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are beginning centuries-old rituals to find a new leader of the 1.4-billion-member ...

Two years ago Pope Francis chose Prevost to replace Marc Ouellet as prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Bishops, handing ...

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

The great doors of the Sistine Chapel shut Wednesday after the cry of “extra omnes” — Latin for “all out” — and 133 cardinals ...

Members of St. Monica Catholic Church discussed their views just ahead of the start of the conclave of cardinals tasked with ...

The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...

The 133 cardinals from 70 countries will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel, where they will vote in secret and silence, a ...