Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley, left, speaks to media, flanked by Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, Chicago archbishop, right, during ...

Pope Francis chose 149 of the current members of the college, most of whom will help choose his successor as cardinal ...

As members of the College of Cardinals prepare for the conclave, they face a profound choice: Build on the late pope’s ...

ANALYSIS: As the Church prepares to choose a new pope, the role of America’s cardinal-electors offers a glimpse into the ...

The unprecedented number of 133 cardinal electors surpasses all previous papal conclaves, breaking the previous record of 115 ...

Cardinals will begin the secret conclave, in The Vatican's Sistine Chapel, to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pope. DiNardo ...

Cardinals are high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church whose main duties include advising, governing the Roman Curia, ...

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the characteristics necessary to become pope. After St. John Paul II broke the ...

The eyes of the world will be on the Vatican next week as the Papal Conclave to elect a new Pope will begin. Two American ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago, has spent the bulk of his career outside the United States. Supporters ...

Hollywood and the media love intrigue. And the interregnum in the Catholic Church provides much fodder for an institution ...