Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, delaying the ...

Trump reveals his top pick for the new Pope - himself - The president was asked by reporters who he would like to succeed Pope Francis, having attended his funeral last weekend ...

The conclave to appoint a successor to the late Pope Francis had been mired in controversy over the status of disgraced ...

Cardinal Becciu has left the conclave, which convenes on May 7, as front-runners emerge to succeed Pope Francis.

The archbishop of Rabat Cardinal Cristobal Lopez Romero has expressed a mix of curiosity and anxiety as he prepares for his ...

When a pope dies or resigns, the Catholic Church follows an ancient, secretive process called the conclave to elect his ...

The 72-year-old is among 133 cardinals from around the world who will vote for a successor to Pope Francis starting May 7.

A clerical twist has thrust Kenya’s Cardinal Njue into the global spotlight as he’s now eligible to vote for the next Pope, ...

Asia’s front-runner for the papacy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines is a charismatic moderate often dubbed the ...

Songwe and her co-authors suggest that conditional debt relief could be a powerful way of providing this support. They make the case for “greening debt restructuring”, with creditors taking haircuts ...

Fantapapa: The fantasy football inspired game for Italians who can’t bet on the next Pope - Gambling companies are offering ...

Allegations of stacking the deck would certainly have ensued had Pope Francis been anything but a popular religious leader who by right is an absolute monarch when it comes to the affairs of the ...