A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” (with a key) to ...

Fluent in Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese, Tobin was appointed cardinal by Pope Francis in 2016, which at the time ...

ANALYSIS: While the de-Christianized Old Continent seems to be becoming irrelevant in view of the ongoing shift of Church leadership to the Southern Hemisphere, its cardinals will nonetheless maintain ...

Whoever succeeds Pope Francis will inherit his momentous and controversial legacy of relations with Indigenous people ...

Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has been appointed to assist in the preparations for the forthcoming papal conclave, ...

The death of Pope Francis paves the way for one of the most secretive events in human history, as depicted in the papal ...

In a move that has captured the attention of the Catholic world, Cardinal Angelo Becciu, a figure previously embroiled in the Vatican's so-called "trial of the century," has voluntarily recused ...

Columnist Will Sutton says MAGA might like to see an African pope and considers whether Black Catholics might agree.

In the crush of Catholic Church news in the week since Pope Francis died, a theme keeps appearing: Hope that the next pontiff will be a true conservative.

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

Becciu was sentenced to nearly five years in prison after a Vatican criminal court found him guilty of fraud and embezzlement ...

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