Cardinals and senior members of the Catholic church will gather on Wednesday for a conclave to determine the next pope.

Francis-era reforms that saw a diverse group of cardinals join the mix make his successor nearly impossible to call.

"And so it is what is, I guess, but it's very unfortunate," said Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey S. Grob. "It's a very serious ...

Catholic cardinals will enter a sealed conclave this week to choose a new pope, with the Church's 1.4 billion members holding ...

While Pope Francis accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his ...

The process of choosing a pope will have little if any of the zero-sum scheming common among bitterly divided U.S.

Hundreds of cardinals attended mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, to mark the end of a nine-day mourning ...

The papal conclave—the election of the next Pope—is set to begin on May 7, and will see 133 cardinals gather to vote.

President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the pope. The post has since received criticism ...

The mission of a pope “is love itself, which becomes service to the Church and to all humanity,” Cardinal Dominique Mamberti said in St. Peter’s Basilica.

The College of Cardinals celebrated the ninth and final Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on Sunday, May 4, the third Sunday of Easter.