Despite the firestorm surrounding his "Pope Trump" post, President Donald Trump claimed that the outrage was not from the ...

Is there really a U.S. delegation of cardinals, a team that would wear the same jersey? Do these players feel like teammates?

The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any ...

Here’s a look at some of the leading papal contenders, with the proviso that favorites don’t typically end up getting the nod ...

As the College of Cardinals prepare to vote on a new pope this week, conservative U.S. Catholics are trying to woo them with ...

Contenders for pope emerge from the U.S., Asia, and Africa—raising the chance of a non-European successor to Francis.

President Donald Trump has scoffed at criticism of an image of himself dressed as pope that has outraged Catholics from around the world. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday that he knew ...

Catholic cardinals will gather in the Sistine Chapel to choose the next pope. It’s a vote that could influence not just the ...

Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming conclave at the Vatican ...

The Post chose to frame its recent article about the preparations for the conclave to select the next pope in political terms ...

For this conclave these kingmakers are said to include Timothy Dolan, the conservative archbishop of New York; Jean-Claude ...

When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday at the start of conclave, the process of electing a new pope, they ...