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

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

The over-80 cardinals can be part of the preconclave meetings called general congregations. Those are daily meetings in which ...

The Vatican announced Monday that the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor will begin on May 7, as the Church enters the ...

The conclave — where cardinals worldwide converge in Vatican City to elect a new pontiff, following Pope Francis' death ...

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

The College of Cardinals that will elect a new pope includes members from far-flung corners of the globe whom Francis named ...

The dispute over his eligibility to vote threatened to undermine the integrity and legitimacy of the papal election.

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

The Roman Catholic College of Cardinals will begin a conclave inside the Sistine Chapel to begin the process of selecting the ...

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