VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Roman Catholic cardinals will begin their conclave to elect the Church's 267th pontiff and a ...

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the most senior Catholic Church official to have been convicted, announced on Tuesday that he ...

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

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

Catholic cardinals will be locked up for the papal conclave but for preparatory meetings this week they must run the gauntlet ...

Cardinals from around the world will gather in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new leader for the Catholic Church following the ...

The Vatican announced Monday that the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor will begin on May 7, as the Church enters the ...

Catholic cardinals have begun preparations for a conclave to elect the next pope following Francis' death, as debates over ...

During the meeting, approximately 20 cardinals delivered addresses on “themes of particular relevance for the future of the ...

The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the ...