Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...

Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Filipino Cardinal Luis Tagle are considered top contenders, according to The Associated Press. Parolin, who served as Pope Francis' Secretary of State, is ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday joked that he would like to succeed Pope Francis, who died last week at the age of 88.

Whoever succeeds Pope Francis will inherit his momentous and controversial legacy of relations with Indigenous people ...

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

The president offered up a quick "number one choice" for who should be the next head of the Catholic church After attending ...

Preparations are underway for the conclave to pick the next pope in the Vatican City. Here's a look behind the scenes of the centuries old ritual.

The Two Popes,” the 2019 film starring Jonathan Pryce as the cardinal who would go on to become Pope Francis, saw its viewing ...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle was named as one of the cardinals who will assist the camerlengo, the interim administrator of ...

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, OFM Conv, presided at the Mass on the fourth day of the Novendiales, the Church’s nine days of ...

Catholic Church leaders in Africa remember Francis as a pontiff who kept the continent close to his heart, advocating for its ...

Donald Trump joked he'd like to be Pope when asked about the next pontiff, while noting Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York ...