But here are 15 cardinals who are among the potential favourites to succeed Pope Francis -- so-called 'papabili' -- divided ...

As the Catholic Church prepares for the upcoming conclave, much attention is focused on a prominent contender to be pope: ...

Twenty-three-year-old Joshua Steel found a "great sense of peace" that he couldn't find anywhere else when he started attending Catholic Mass in Britain.

What do Filipino Catholics expect of the next pope? That was the question from Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David to the faithful ...

The race is now on for the top job.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday ...

As the conclave gets underway, eyes are searching for the billowing white smoke that signals Habemus Papam: “We have a pope.” ...

What the new Pope’s name will say about their plans for the Catholic Church - Four favourites have emerged to succeed Pope ...

All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope.

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

Cardinal Blase Cupich led the delegation of North American Cardinals as they boarded buses bound for sequestered quarters at the Vatican Tuesday eveni ...