"But I thought just maybe, for Pope Francis, it mattered that we had more cardinals who are really grounded there." Cardinal ...

Who will be the next pope? 133 cardinals have started the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope ...

The conclave to elect a new pope will start behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, with all cardinals under the age of 80 able to vote ...

When the conclave's cardinals finish casting their ballots under Michelangelo's frescoed ceilings of the Sistine Chapel, the ...

What the world’s Indigenous Catholics don’t want to lose with the death of the first pontiff from the Southern Hemisphere: ...

May the next pope walk the path Francis helped illuminate—with humility, courage, and the conviction that faith must always ...

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

The next pope should instead be a man who models mutual respect, intellectual humility and a spirit of wonder at God’s ...

A look at some of the hundreds of thousands of Catholics from around the world who flocked to Vatican City to pay their ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ...

Among those secluded at the Sistine Chapel and its environs during the papal conclave to select the successor to Pope Francis ...