A conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin on Wednesday, May 7, the Vatican announced Monday. VATICAN CITY ...

Cardinal Robert McElroy, the former bishop of San Diego, is part of a highly secretive conclave that will select the new pope ...

What happens during the interregnum period? Tom Reese, S.J., explains the time between one pope's death and the succession of ...

The late pontiff was known as a Pope for the People. Many experts and scholars say his successor must be someone who ...

Catholic cardinals will meet on May 7 to start voting for a new pope, the Vatican announced yesterday, a week after the death of Pope Francis.

The over-80 cardinals can be part of the preconclave meetings called general congregations. Those are daily meetings in which ...

The dispute over his eligibility to vote threatened to undermine the integrity and legitimacy of the papal election.

The conclave could have started earlier, but the cardinals needed more time to hold informal sessions to discuss details to ...

The date was decided in a closed-door meeting of cardinals, who came together at the Vatican. The new pope will lead a ...