Cardinals are high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church whose main duties include advising, governing the Roman Curia, ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The world's Catholic cardinals met on Monday for the first time after the funeral of Pope Francis to ...

VATICAN CITY - Here is what happens next in the Roman Catholic Church following the funeral of Pope Francis, after his death ...

David described the conclave as a “sacred moment” driven by prayer, humility, and the collective discernment of the Church's ...

The cardinals were invited to visit the pope's tomb and pray vespers, which was presided over by Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, ...

VATICAN CITY — A conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin on Wednesday, May 7, the Vatican announced Monday.

The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

The decision was made during a closed-door meeting of the College of Cardinals and announced at a media briefing at the ...