Many Catholics in Africa are asking whether the next Pope will be from their continent. This, increasingly, seems likely.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ ...

Hundreds of thousands of mourners were gathering at the Vatican to honor the life of Pope Francis on Saturday morning. But ...

The conclave to pick the next pope following the April 21 death of Pope Francis will begin on Wednesday, May 7, according to ...

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

Cardinals from around the world will meet under Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect a new leader ...

A total of 135 cardinals from across the world, all below the age of 80, are eligible to take part in the secret vote.

Roman Catholic cardinals will meet in a secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church starting from 7 May, a senior Vatican source said on Monday.

A theme of early meetings is the tension between diversity and unity, which have become shorthand for cardinals to signal ...

Catholic cardinals will assemble for the election of the next leader of the church on May 7, after the funeral of Pope ...