Cardinals say the primary task facing them when the conclave opens Wednesday is to find a pope who can be both a pastor and a ...

A Jerusalem cardinal who spent decades fostering interfaith ties among Christians, Jews and Muslims is a leading contender to ...

As the cardinals of the Catholic Church prepare to meet in the Conclave electing a successor to Pope Francis, various issues ...

Although estranged from his own religious order for more than two decades, Pope Francis reconciled immediately after his ...

The secret election appears wide open but here are some of the names, in alphabetical order, being talked about as possible ...

NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...

Whoever follows Francis must take up the legacy of Vatican II and of Pope Francis and engage the world without fear because ...

All mobile phone signal will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...

As cardinals prepare to meet in a conclave at the Vatican to elect a new pope, Catholic bishops in Cameroon and around Africa ...

The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church ...

As Pope Francis was laid to rest in Rome this week, and the Vatican prepares for a historic conclave to elect a new pope, the world is left to ponder what it means to have lost such a committed ...

LONDON and ROME -- The Vatican released photos of the tomb of Pope Francis, who was buried on Saturday in the Basilica of St.