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

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

The Prophecy of Popes, a Latin-based legend, claims there will not be a 113th Pope, causing conspiracy theorists to believe ...

Before he died, Pope Francis donated one of his popemobiles to be converted into a mobile health unit to serve the children ...

For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...

Just days before the conclave to elect a new pope begins, on May 7, believers around the world expressed their desire for ...

Inverted crosses visible as Pope Francis lay in state symbolise Saint Peter, the first pontiff, and are not a reference to ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent priorities for Pope Francis' successor.

Activists are fighting a church that wants to put the scandal behind it and a public that may be tiring of it.

Hailing from 70 countries across five continents, the group -- summoned following the death of Pope Francis on April 21 -- is ...

CATHOLIC Church sex abuse survivors have no hope in whoever is nominated to lead the Vatican following the death of Pope ...

An AI-generated image of President Donald Trump dressed as the pope is drawing criticism from some Catholics after it was ...