The leaders of the Catholic Church will assemble to choose the next pope on May 7, the Vatican has confirmed. The successor to Pope Francis will be elected in a secret meeting of cardinals, 135 of ...

For Catholics and non-Catholics alike, fascination with the pope and rituals such as the papal conclave continue to transfix ...

Cardinals from around the world will meet under Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect a new pope ...

The funeral of Pope Francis gave Catholics across the globe the chance to bid farewell to a beloved pontiff – and for world leaders to rub shoulders at a fraught time for international diplomacy.

Pope Francis appointed a significant number of cardinals from the Global South. Among the 135 cardinals currently eligible to ...

Pope Francis' funeral brought world leaders, monarchs, and hundreds of thousands of people to Rome on Saturday to bid him ...

IN recent days, conversations, or perhaps more accurately, open or quiet musings have surfaced about the possibility of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle being a potential successor to Pope Francis. Yet, ...

First of two parts CAN there be a Pope Francis among political leaders? Can leaders approximate the minimum of a Pope Francis ...

Rome (CNN) — An old saying about papal elections goes as follows: “He who enters the conclave as pope, leaves it as a cardinal.” In other words, any candidate seen as the frontrunner before the voting ...

Moorhouse, CNN Rome (CNN) — Cardinals have chosen May 7 as the date to start conclave and elect a new leader for 1.4 billion ...

During today's White House press briefing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt got into a tense exchange with a reporter over ...

Whenever a Pope dies or decides to step down, a special group of church leaders called the College of Cardinals come together ...