This conclave will feature one of the most geographically diverse fields, with 10 candidates coming from the U.S.

The conclave to elect the next pope will open on May 7, Vatican officials announced today. The cardinals meeting in plenary ...

A simplified papal funeral will make a fitting farewell for a pontiff who just three days after his surprise election ...

Catholic cardinals agreed on Monday to begin a conclave on May 7 to elect a new pope, and highlighted clerical sexual abuse ...

Signs of crisis were everywhere: declining Mass attendance, large-scale conversations with evangelical Christian groups. The stream of scandals torpedoed the reputation of countless priests and ...

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, was elected pope on March 13, 2013, he began ...

Shaped by centuries-old rituals, the conclave to choose a successor to the late Pope Francis is set to begin on May 7. A ...