The Vatican announced Monday that the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor will begin in the Sistine Chapel on May 7. Some 135 cardinals from around the world will gather for the closed-door ...

"I must say, we have a cardinal that happens to be out of a place called New York who’s very good, so we’ll see what happens, ...

As dean of the College of Cardinals, this is supposed to be Giovanni Battista Re's moment. There's just one problem: the 91-year-old won't be in the Sistine Chapel when voting for a new pope begins ...

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump jokingly said he’d like to be the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church. The comment ...

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

A coalition of survivors of clergy sexual abuse demand the next pope adopt a universal zero-tolerance policy for abuse.

As the world's Catholic cardinals meet this week to discuss who should succeed Francis, the deliberations will have to ...

Well this is a first! A US senator is under fire from critics after suggesting that President Donald Trump could very well be ...

Fantapapa: The fantasy football-inspired game Italians are playing to pick the next Pope - They’re creating a squad of 11 ...

President Donald Trump joked that he would like to be the next pope and then named a real contender. Here’s what he said.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday jokingly said he’d like to be the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, days after Pope ...

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