The conclave to appoint a successor to the late Pope Francis had been mired in controversy over the status of disgraced ...

Cardinal Becciu has left the conclave, which convenes on May 7, as front-runners emerge to succeed Pope Francis.

The archbishop of Rabat Cardinal Cristobal Lopez Romero has expressed a mix of curiosity and anxiety as he prepares for his ...

When a pope dies or resigns, the Catholic Church follows an ancient, secretive process called the conclave to elect his ...

A clerical twist has thrust Kenya’s Cardinal Njue into the global spotlight as he’s now eligible to vote for the next Pope, ...

Asia’s front-runner for the papacy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines is a charismatic moderate often dubbed the ...

Millions around the world tuned in to watch as Pope Francis was laid to rest on 26 April, with 400,000 mourners alone paying ...

A Nigerian priest who attended the funeral of Pope Francis was happy to have met Cardinal John Onaiyekan at the Vatican. He ...

Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa, a continent Francis showered with attention.

When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected in 2013 as Pope Francis, he was a near total Vatican outsider. He had never been a Vatican official, instead spending decades in local ministry. And he came ...

Catholic cardinals set May 7 as the date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, following informal meetings where ...

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.” That means they possess the ...