Cardinal You Heung-sik rejects papal rumors, says media has never guessed right, and stresses that the next pope must lead ...

During a light-hearted exchange with reporters, President Donald Trump joked that becoming the next pope would be his "number one choice" as he departed the White House for a rally in Michigan marking ...

Cardinals attend a Mass presided over by Cardinal Pietro Parolin in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on the second of nine ...

Vatican post offices and selected collectors’ shops this week started selling special stamps marking the period between Pope ...

The conclave consists of Cardinals from around the world gathering together at the Sistine Chapel for a closed-door meeting to decide the next leader of the Catholic church.

Asia’s front-runner for the papacy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines is a charismatic moderate often dubbed the ...

A seasoned diplomat who worked with Pope Francis for 12 years, Cardinal Pietro Parolin is well-known in Rome and abroad, and ...

The decision was made during a closed-door meeting of the College of Cardinals and announced at a media briefing at the ...

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

Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Filipino Cardinal Luis Tagle are considered top contenders, according to The Associated Press. Parolin, who served as Pope Francis' Secretary of State, is ...

The papal conclave will commence in May, when the cardinals will meet at St. Peter's Basilica and pray for the wisdom to select the next pope.

Those gathering to elect a successor to Pope Francis say the first step to reaching a two-thirds majority is to get to know ...