Many cardinals cited the desire to continue Francis’ pastoral focus, but conservatives may want to refocus the Catholic ...

The conclave, held to select a new pope, will begin in nine days. The College of Cardinals — the cardinals within the ...

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

Tourists to Vatican are being shut out of the Sistine Chapel for the foreseeable future after the death of Pope Francis, ...

Whoever emerges from the coming conclave as the new leader of the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church will face a myriad of ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will meet in a secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church starting from May 7, ...

Following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, 2025, at the age of 88, cardinals will convene in Rome to elect his ...

Catholic cardinals have set May 7 as the starting date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor, delaying the secret ...