Cardinals electing a new pope have some fundamental questions to weigh, beyond whether to give the Catholic Church its first ...

Contenders for pope emerge from the U.S., Asia, and Africa—raising the chance of a non-European successor to Francis.

As the cardinals of the Catholic Church prepare to meet in the Conclave electing a successor to Pope Francis, various issues ...

The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church.

The Post chose to frame its recent article about the preparations for the conclave to select the next pope in political terms ...

The secret election appears wide open but here are some of the names, in alphabetical order, being talked about as possible ...

When the cardinals gather in the Pauline Chapel and process to the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin the process of choosing a ...

Although estranged from his own religious order for more than two decades, Pope Francis reconciled immediately after his ...

The two are passing through Rome on vacation and will continue to southern Italy. But they are practicing Catholics and were ...

All mobile phone signal will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...