The status of an Italian cardinal is being debated as preparations get under way for the May 7 conclave to elect a successor ...

The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the ...

Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi arrives for a college of cardinals’ meeting at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP ...

Saturday’s funeral and burial of Pope Francis mark the beginning of nine days of official mourning at the Vatican, with ...

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

A cardinal convicted of financial crimes by the Vatican is claiming he can take part in the forthcoming conclave despite ...

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

Pope Francis, supreme pastor to almost 1.5 billion Catholics, died on Monday at the age of 88. The papal throne, which now ...

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 ...

In order to avoid continued outside interference, Pope Gregory X in the 13th century adopted a new procedure: the conclave. Cardinals would remain in a locked location – from the Latin cum clave, ...