At last count there were 252 cardinals, of whom 141 were eligible to vote in a papal conclave (though there is no definitive ...

Pope Francis, supreme pastor to almost 1.5 billion Catholics, died on Monday at the age of 88. The papal throne, which now ...

Francis broke from tradition and asked for a "simple" burial in Rome's Basilica of Saint Mary Major instead of St. Peter's ...

The papal conclave will be influenced by Pope Francis, whose picks to the College of Cardinals increased its geographic ...

The Catholic Church will bid farewell to Pope Francis this weekend as he is laid to rest in St. Peter's Square in a funeral.

Tributes to Pope Francis pour in from around the world with Vatican set to published details of funeral and conclave ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis' funeral will be held on April 26 at St. Peter's Basilica after the pontiff lies in state there ...

And according to an analysis by Religion News Service, as of April 21, of the 135 members of the College of Cardinals ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process. These are the need-to-know terms — some of them ...

Any baptized Roman Catholic male can be elected pope, including archbishops like Boston's current Archbishop Richard Henning ...

With the death of Pope Francis, announced by the Vatican on Monday, Roman Catholics around the globe will start speculating ...

After the death of Pope Francis, a new pope will be elected in a process called a papal conclave. See how accurate the 2024 ...