Cardinals wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings today, trying to identify a possible new pope who could follow Pope Francis and make the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church credible and relevant today, ...

After an intense period of deliberation and consultations, 133 members of the Vatican’s college of cardinals will convene in the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect a pope to succeed Francis. It won’t be ...

Tens of thousands of travellers have descended on the city for the funeral of Pope Francis and the election of a new pontiff.

Hype has been building on social media around the Catholic Church’s secretive, centuries-old tradition of conclaves to elect ...

Catholic cardinals are set to gather for the 2025 conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor. Here's how long it could take.

Donald Trump gave clarification over an AI-generated photo of himself in a papal costume that was posted to his Truth Social ...

The priorities that will determine how cardinals vote in the conclave - The 133 cardinals seem fundamentally united in ...

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more ...

The ring and seal are destroyed or nulled after a pope’s death to prevent their future misuse to seal official documents.

All mobile phone signal will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...

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 ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, once a powerful Vatican official and leading papal contender, has formally withdrawn from ...