Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa is a Vatican outsider, but his experience in a region sacred to three major religions may ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost joins the conclave Wednesday to pick Pope Francis' successor. His rise in the faith began at a South ...

Whoever follows Francis must take up the legacy of Vatican II and of Pope Francis and engage the world without fear because ...

In an open letter to the cardinals who will gather Wednesday to elect the next pope, young people from around the world said ...

My hope is that the next pope will follow in Pope Francis’ words in resisting the pull of surface-level spirituality and ...

Catholic teenagers reclaim the figure of the Argentine and await a new Pontiff with whom they also "connect". "Many young ...

Francis-era reforms that saw a diverse group of cardinals join the mix make his successor nearly impossible to call.

Two cardinals, Michael Czerny and Chibly Langlois, sat down with ABC News to discuss the challenges facing the church that ...

A popemobile used by Pope Francis during his 2014 Holy Land visit is getting a new life as a mobile health clinic for ...

With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will ...

Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is sometimes called the "Asian Francis" because of his infectious smile, easy laugh, and ...

Right-wing newspapers in Italy have accused French President Emmanuel Macron of shady behind-the- scene dealings ahead of the ...