Ten U.S. cardinals are among those who will gather in Rome to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died Monday.

At last count there were 252 cardinals, of whom 141 were eligible to vote in a papal conclave (though there is no definitive ...

Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi arrives for a college of cardinals’ meeting at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP ...

Pope Francis’ death fires the gun on what many see as a battle for the soul of the church – pitting those who want to ...

Pope Francis' funeral at 10 a.m. (4 a.m. ET) on Saturday, April 26, will be “broadcast worldwide,” according to the Vatican, ...

Cardinal Roger Mahony has repeatedly apologized for his handling of clerical sexual abuse in Los Angeles. In 2013, internal ...

And according to an analysis by Religion News Service, as of April 21, of the 135 members of the College of Cardinals ...

Pope Francis, supreme pastor to almost 1.5 billion Catholics, died on Monday at the age of 88. The papal throne, which now ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.