Cardinals from across the globe will gather in the Sistine Chapel from May 7 to choose the next pope, with no contact with ...

While Francis stacked the ranks with his cardinals, it is not necessarily the case that all of them will want to see the ...

The Cardinal of Baghdad, Louis Raphael Sako, told journalists at the Vatican on Tuesday that he expects a "short conclave." ...

When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected in 2013 as Pope Francis, he was a near total Vatican outsider. He had never been a ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” ...

A cardinal convicted of financial crimes by the Vatican said he will not take part in the secret conclave to elect the new ...

Following tradition, the cardinals will celebrate a “Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff” in St. Peter’s Basilica on ...

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

Catholic cardinals will begin meeting May 7 to choose the next pope — disguising their handwriting while jotting down their ...