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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

Meet the Irish-American Camerlengo and Italian dean who are in charge of administering the Church during this interim period.

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 death of Pope Francis, who died early Monday morning. As people pay their ...

As he prepares to enter the seclusion of a conclave to elect a new pope, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of ...