Trump jokes about wanting to be Pope, hints at Cardinal Dolan as top pick as Vatican begins sacred process to elect successor ...

Vatican post offices and selected collectors’ shops this week started selling special stamps marking the period between Pope ...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle was named as one of the cardinals who will assist the camerlengo, the interim administrator of ...

I expect it won’t go as quickly as the last conclave. But maybe I’ll be proven wrong. I would be happy about that.” ...

Shortly after joking about himself as the next pope, Trump clarified that he does not have “a preference” for who takes the ...

Pope Francis appointed a significant number of cardinals from the Global South. Among the 135 cardinals currently eligible to ...

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...

Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Filipino Cardinal Luis Tagle are considered top contenders, according to The Associated Press. Parolin, who served as Pope Francis' Secretary of State, is ...

The papal conclave will commence in May, when the cardinals will meet at St. Peter's Basilica and pray for the wisdom to ...

The Vatican announced details Tuesday of the schedule for the start of the conclave on May 7, the eagerly anticipated secret election of a new pontiff following the death of pope Francis. The ...

Whoever succeeds Pope Francis will inherit his momentous and controversial legacy of relations with Indigenous people ...