The papal conclave will commence in May, when the cardinals will meet at St. Peter's Basilica and pray for the wisdom to ...

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...

The status of an Italian cardinal is being debated as preparations get under way for the May 7 conclave to elect a successor ...

About 130 cardinals will be able to vote on a successor for Francis, and a two-thirds majority is needed to elect the new ...

The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the ...

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 ...

The cardinals eligible to vote for the new pope will gather in the coming weeks and enter seclusion to secretly vote for the ...

Here's everything you need to know about a conclave, the secret, centuries-old process used to select a new pope.

The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” is withdrawing from participating in the upcoming ...

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