As the conclave to elect the next pope begins, Pietro Parolin has emerged as the betting favorite to succeed Pope Francis, ...

The potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors are set to choose a successor to Pope Francis, with the 2025 papal conclave about to ...

Francis’ successor will be selected by cardinals at the conclave that begins on May 7. Cardinals, known as the “princes of ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began centuries-old ...

The United States counts 10 cardinals among the 133 eligible to vote for the successor to Pope Francis, including two from ...

The conclave to choose the new pope is underway. And among the cardinals choosing the new Catholic leader is an Ohio native.

After the death of Pope Francis on April 21, the question looming around the world is, who will become the next leader of the ...

With the papal conclave underway, Maureen H. O’Connell writes that the cardinals who elect his successor should keep in mind ...

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

Chaput may assert the pope was "inadequate to the real issues," but the truth is that Francis was challenging to those more ...