As Catholic cardinals meet to choose a new pope, they will face a big question: Is it time, after three consecutive ...

Two papal tailors and no conclave orders. The conclave that begins next Wednesday to elect a successor for Pope Francis is ...

The last Italian pope died in 1978. Now, among the papal candidates ahead of next week’s conclave, there are several Italian ...

Here is a selection of possible contenders, in no particular order. The list will be updated as cardinals continue their ...

Each day of the conclave, the cardinals recite morning and evening prayer together and concelebrate Mass. They have time for ...

Trump told reporters Tuesday that he's his "number one choice" to succeed Pope Francis before endorsing Cardinal Timothy ...

Italian Cardinal Camillo Ruini, who chaired the international commission investigating the authenticity of Medjugorje, has ...

Known by his peers as a serious theologian, scholar and educator, Erdő, 72, is a leading contender among conservatives. He ...

In a pre-conclave meeting, an Italian cardinal, and backer of Cardinal Parolin as next pope, attacked Pope Francis for ...

The prayer book is the "Ordo Rituum Conclavis" ("Rites of the Conclave"), which was approved by St. John Paul II in 1998, but ...

Much of what you hear about who the next pope will be, spoken with enormous confidence by people in the know, is often ...