Controversial Cardinal Becciu won't join conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor The cardinal, who was convicted of embezzlement in 2023 by a Vatican court of first instance, decided not to attend ...

After his 2020 downfall, Becciu had said he would not participate in any future conclave. But in recent days he had asserted ...

The passing of Pope Francis has stirred deep emotions around the world ... Based on a book by Robert Harris (Enigma, The ...

From the majestic art to the white smoke, here's what to know about the Sistine Chapel, the sacred site of the conclave.

The process through which a new pope is chosen is known as a conclave, also the name of a popular movie about the process.

Becciu was sentenced to nearly five years in prison after a Vatican criminal court found him guilty of fraud and embezzlement ...

At 72 years of age, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, the progressive Archbishop of Newark, is one of the ten cardinals from the United States that will have a vote at the conclave to elect a new pope — and ...

The 135 cardinals eligible to elect the next pope will enter the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave May 7, the Vatican announced.The cardinals will first celebrate the "Mass for the Election of the ...

ANALYSIS: While the de-Christianized Old Continent seems to be becoming irrelevant in view of the ongoing shift of Church leadership to the Southern Hemisphere, its cardinals will nonetheless maintain ...

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