Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more ...

After Pope Francis passed away last month, the race to succeed him has opened, with few names being cited as possible ...

An expert tells PEOPLE that Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa was quite close to Pope Francis and is seen as being an ...

Cardinals yesterday moved into the Vatican accommodation where they will stay during the conclave, on the eve of their ...

After St. John Paul II broke the Italian hold on the papacy in 1978, the field of contenders has broadened considerably, such ...

The conclave to elect the next pope begins in Rome on Wednesday. Vatican watchers say the process is more than a simple ...

The next pope is unlikely to hail from the U.S., but here are three possible outliers who could be a factor when the College of Cardinals convenes on Wednesday.

The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That’s more than any ...

Giovanni Maria Vian predicts a long Conclave but believes Pope Francis’s successor will be European: “If I were a cardinal, I ...

Pope Francis died on April 21, triggering a call for the 133 cardinal electors to gather in the Sistine Chapel to select the new leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. With representatives from ...

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.