They may be looking at Francis as a model and choose another outsider. Or they may look at Francis' own predecessor, Pope ...

A Catholic cardinal convicted of embezzlement and fraud has announced he won't take part in the conclave to choose a ...

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

The late pontiff’s health concerns in recent years led to contenders to succeed him foreseeing a papabile ahead of his death ...

Cardinals rank just below the pope, and those who belong to the powerful College of Cardinals are tasked with electing a new ...

Matteo Bruni, the director of the Holy See Press Office, said the names of the two cardinals would not be revealed during an ...

Catholic Church leaders in Africa remember Francis as a pontiff who kept the continent close to his heart, advocating for its ...

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Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the most senior Catholic Church official to have been convicted, announced on Tuesday that he ...

Angelo Becciu, the Italian cardinal who was convicted of embezzlement and fraud said on Tuesday he will not take part in the secret conclave to elect the new pope that will be held in the Sistine ...

At 72 years of age, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, the progressive Archbishop of Newark, is one of the ten cardinals from the United States that will have a vote at the conclave to elect a new pope — and ...