Pope Francis appointed a significant number of cardinals from the Global South. Among the 135 cardinals currently eligible to ...

At last count there were 252 cardinals, of whom 141 were eligible to vote in a papal conclave (though there is no definitive ...

An Ohio native is among the Catholic Church cardinals who will choose a new pope. The funeral for Pope Francis, who died ...

The demise of Pope Francis has set in motion the process of electing a new one in what is known as a conclave. This event ...

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

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

A new pope will be selected to lead the Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis. The pope is chosen during a ...

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

Ten U.S. cardinals are among those who will gather in Rome to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died Monday.

Pope Francis’ death fires the gun on what many see as a battle for the soul of the church – pitting those who want to ...

After attending Pope Francis’s funeral Saturday and as they begin pre-conclave meetings to discuss the state of the world and ...

The Catholic Church and the world are mourning the ... a series of what are known as congregations occurring as the College of Cardinals assembles.” Reid emphasized that Pope Francis was unlike ...