Cardinals from across the globe will gather in the Sistine Chapel from May 7 to choose the next pope, with no contact with ...

While Francis stacked the ranks with his cardinals, it is not necessarily the case that all of them will want to see the ...

The Cardinal of Baghdad, Louis Raphael Sako, told journalists at the Vatican on Tuesday that he expects a "short conclave." ...

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

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...

Following tradition, the cardinals will celebrate a “Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff” in St. Peter’s Basilica on ...

A cardinal convicted of financial crimes by the Vatican said he will not take part in the secret conclave to elect the new ...

Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., announced he would be retiring from Congress at the end of this term and is stepping back from ...

Catholic cardinals will begin meeting May 7 to choose the next pope — disguising their handwriting while jotting down their ...