Hundreds of thousands of mourners were gathering at the Vatican to honor the life of Pope Francis on Saturday morning. But ...

The conclave to pick the next pope following the April 21 death of Pope Francis will begin on Wednesday, May 7, according to ...

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

Cardinals from around the world will meet under Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect a new leader ...

A total of 135 cardinals from across the world, all below the age of 80, are eligible to take part in the secret vote.

A theme of early meetings is the tension between diversity and unity, which have become shorthand for cardinals to signal ...

Catholic cardinals will assemble for the election of the next leader of the church on May 7, after the funeral of Pope ...

In the Catholic Church — the Vatican — a select group of Nigerian clerics rose to positions of extraordinary influence under ...

Pope Francis wore vestments labeling his institutional preeminence in the Roman Catholic religion. Far more significantly, ...

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

The Vatican announced Monday that the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor will begin on May 7, as the Church enters the final preparatory phase for choosing its 267th pope. The announcement came ...

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21.