Red-robed cardinals were expected on Monday to pick a date for the conclave to elect a new leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...

As accolades poured in from around the world on the death of Pope Francis, prominent Black Americans pointed to the pontiff’s legacy of advocating for the marginalized, including Black people. Others, ...

The Vatican specialist Richard Raho suggests that the new pope might be a cardinal from Africa. Among the potential ...

As world leaders gather in Rome for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, many Catholics are wondering if the church could soon elect its first black pope. With Africa home to one in five Catholics, the ...

Here's a closer look at the names generating the most buzz..Next pope, possible candidates, papal conclave, papabili ...

The cardinals eligible to vote for the new pope will gather in the coming weeks and enter seclusion to secretly vote for the new bishop of Rome.

In the coming days, cardinals will converge in the Vatican to choose the next head of the Catholic Church. Pope Francis, who ...

Pope Francis smashed the stereotypical profile for a pontiff, becoming the Catholic Church's first leader from the Americas ...

The Vatican was making final preparations Friday for Pope Francis's funeral as the last of the huge crowds of mourners filed ...

An autobiography is not our private story, but rather the baggage we carry with us,” Pope Francis said in his recollections, ...

Polymarket gives the highest chance of becoming the next pope to one of the compromise candidates between progressives and ...