Once a candidate with a two-thirds majority is elected, the Dean, currently Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re, will ask him if he ...

The convicted cardinal who was demanding he should be able to participate in the upcoming conclave to decide who will replace ...

Cardinals from across the globe will gather in the Sistine Chapel from May 7 to choose the next pope, with no contact with ...

Once-powerful Vatican official Cardinal Angelo Becciu has formally withdrawn from participating in the conclave to elect a ...

The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has died. We take a look at his legacy and how the church will choose the next pope.

The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from ...

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Two Catholic cardinals will miss the conclave next week to elect a successor to Pope Francis because of health issues, the ...

A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” (with a key) to underscore that ...

An Italian cardinal who was convicted of embezzlement and fraud said on Tuesday he will not take part in the secret conclave ...

They may be looking at Francis as a model and choose another outsider. Or they may look at Francis' own predecessor, Pope ...