At last count there were 252 cardinals, of whom 141 were eligible to vote in a papal conclave (though there is no definitive ...

An Ohio native is among the Catholic Church cardinals who will choose a new pope. The funeral for Pope Francis, who died ...

The papal conclave will be influenced by Pope Francis, whose picks to the College of Cardinals increased its geographic ...

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In the papal conclave to elect a new pope, here's a look at what the color of smoke (black or white) means after each vote.

The late pontiff’s health concerns in recent years led to contenders to succeed him known a papabile emerging even before his ...

Pope Francis, supreme pastor to almost 1.5 billion Catholics, died on Monday at the age of 88. The papal throne, which now ...

And according to an analysis by Religion News Service, as of April 21, of the 135 members of the College of Cardinals ...

This is Latin for “having had mercy and choosing him” — a phrase that Francis chose as his motto when he was elevated to ...

The Catholic Church will bid farewell to Pope Francis this weekend as he is laid to rest in St. Peter's Square in a funeral.

The Vatican says Pope Francis' funeral will be held on April 26 at St. Peter's Basilica after the pontiff lies in state there ...

Navarrosa, who is currently writing his thesis on the pope’s 2016 encyclical 'Amoris Laetitia,' recalls meeting Francis in ...