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Cardinals will gather on 7 May in a conclave in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope. Here is a brief glossary of ...

Sweden's first cardinal, Anders Arborelius, is a convert to Catholicism in the overwhelmingly Protestant Scandinavian country ...

For most of the Catholic Church's first millennium, popes used their given names. The first exception was the 6th century ...

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

Only cardinals under the age of 80, who are male and Catholic, are allowed to vote in the election of the new pontiff.

The late pontiff was the first ever to style himself Pope Francis, a name chosen in honour of the 13th-century saint St ...

The next pope is unlikely to hail from the U.S., but here are three possible outliers who could be a factor when the College of Cardinals convenes on Wednesday.

As cardinals gather in the Sistine Chapel starting May 7 to select a new pope, they’re not just choosing a spiritual ...

African outreach was among Pope Francis' legacies, observers say, with numerous visits and a message of mercy inspiring ...

Pope Francis diversified the College of Cardinals more than any of his predecessors, shifting the balance of power away from ...

The closed-door conclave to elect a new pope following Pope Francis's death will begin on May 7, 2025-a crucial moment for ...