While an African pope would be a historically stunning development, just one of the drawbacks is that no African cardinal holds a major office in the Vatican.

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves behind the Vatican's medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the ...

More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the ...

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Prevost joined a Catholic religious order at the age of 20: the Order of St. Augustine, called Augustinians, founded in the 13th century. Instead of withdrawing from the ...

On May 7, an expected 133 cardinal electors will enter the Sistine Chapel to elect the new Roman pontiff, the successor to Pope Francis, who shied away from giving red hats to the traditional ...

On Wednesday morning, 133 cardinals will file into the Sistine Chapel to cast their votes for the next leader of the Catholic church.

By McKinley Franklin Ahead of the 2025 conclave to find Pope Francis’ successor, Catholic ... novel, Cardinal Thomas Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with leading the College of Cardinals ...

The College of ... the cardinals said they are “conscious of the responsibility to which they are called” and are relying on the prayers of the global Catholic community. “ ...

Theoretically, church law allows the College of Cardinals to elect any Catholic man in the world to become the next pope – but in reality, as has been the case for more than 600 years ...

As the Catholic Church’s College of Cardinals enters the conclave to select the next leader of the church Wednesday, one of the most pressing questions is what part of the world that leader will ...

While this conclave began yesterday and ended today, it's not quite the fastest one in history. In 1503, Pope Julius II was ...

VATICAN CITY — Catholic cardinals ... member church. The cardinals will enter St. Peter’s Basilica for the start of a final pre-conclave Mass. The dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni ...