An Italian cardinal who was convicted of embezzlement and fraud said on April 29 he will not take part in the secret conclave ...

When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected in 2013 as Pope Francis, he was a near total Vatican outsider. He had never been a ...

There, Pope Francis paid respects at a cemetery near a former residential school for Indigenous children. He then delivered a ...

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

When the cardinals meet for the conclave, they gather in the Sistine Chapel. All cardinal electors must swear an oath of ...

The papal conclave to replace Pope Francis will begin Wednesday, May 7, the Vatican said on Monday. Cardinals will convene at ...

The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the ...

The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” is withdrawing from participating in the upcoming ...

The conclave to elect the next pope will begin next Wednesday, the Vatican announced. About 135 cardinals under 80 can vote ...

On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered at the Vatican for the funeral of Pope Francis, who died last week at ...

The Vatican has confirmed when the conclave to elect the next pope will commence. A total of 135 cardinals are eligible to ...

Visitors admire the Sistine Chapel inside the Vatican Museums on the occasion of the museum's reopening, 3 May, 2021 ...