The next pope will have the weight of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics on his shoulders. That’s how the Rev. Daniel Carr, 40 ...

The Conclave to elect the new Pope will take place after the novendiales. Following the massive funeral of Pope Francis, ...

Some 120 Cardinals will join a Vatican conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor. The subject of an Oscar-winning film and ...

World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his ...

The world's Catholic cardinals met on Monday for the first time after the funeral of Pope Francis to discuss a possible date ...

The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the the conclave to elect the next ...

Exit tourists. Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to ...

In the vacuum left by his death, it falls to progressive movements, and communities of conscience—rooted in anti-colonial ...

Pope Francis died of a stroke, causing a coma and "irreversible" heart failure, according to his death certificate released ...

In a requiem mass for Pope Francis's eternal repose, Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula remembers how the late pope ...

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

The Vatican specialist Richard Raho suggests that the new pope might be a cardinal from Africa. Among the potential ...