Cardinals hailing from 71 different countries are eligible to elect a pope this week in the most geographically diverse ...

President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the pope. The post has since received criticism ...

A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the ...

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

Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...

All of the 133 cardinals expected to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican ...

They don’t have a vote in the pope’s election, but nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female Catholic orders met in Rome on ...

The secret ballot for a successor hasn’t begun. But among church leaders, talk about who will next lead the 2,000-year-old ...

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

ANALYSIS: The late Pontiff famously encouraged Catholics to ‘make a mess’ to bring fresh energy and ideas to the Church. The ...