Four frontrunners have emerged as the most likely contenders known as papabile to succeed Pope Francis but at least a dozen ...

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

The cardinals have selected May 7 as the date to enter conclave, the Vatican announced last week. On that day, the cardinal ...

A cardinal (from the Latin "cardinalis" or principal) is a high dignitary of the Catholic Church chosen by the pope to assist ...

In its 800-year history, a conclave has never been this diverse. How will this changing face of Catholicism impact the result ...

Each cardinal was met with a barrage of camera flashes and pundits thrusting microphones before them as they approached the ...

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

The only certainty surrounding the election of the new pope is that he will be a man, and that's a tradition unlikely to ...

The Conference of Women Religious India said that Pope Francis had given them "more strength, dignity and space in the church ...

Pope Francis appointed women to key Vatican posts. Will his successor consider women as deacons and priests next?

Shrouded in secrecy — that’s perhaps the most fitting description of the conclave that elects the next leader of the global ...

Zerkowski had plenty to say because Francis’ writing and teaching had allowed him to start an LGBTQ ministry at Historic St.