The 133 cardinal electors will begin the process of choosing the new pope when the conclave begins in the Sistine Chapel on ...

The Sistine Chapel was decked out to host a papal election Tuesday as cardinals from around the globe moved into a Vatican guest house ahead of the conclave to choose Pope Francis's successor.

Cardinals who are set to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new Catholic pope started moving into two Vatican hotels ...

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more traditional path.

With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will ...

Should the Catholic Church welcome gay families? Should it welcome women at the altar? As 133 cardinals prepare for the 2025 ...

Giovanni Maria Vian predicts a long Conclave but believes Pope Francis’s successor will be European: “If I were a cardinal, I ...

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

Just days before the conclave to elect a new pope begins, on May 7, believers around the world expressed their desire for Francis' successor to embody a more inclusive Church while maintaining a ...

In a corner of central Rome, a family tailor shop has been hand-stitching the robes worn by the last eight popes over the ...

The days when European monarchs could veto papal candidates may be long gone, but campaigns to smear cardinals and allegations of French “interference” in the run-up to the conclave prove that ...

Here’s a look at some of the leading papal contenders, with the proviso that favorites don’t typically end up getting the nod ...