What the new Pope’s name will say about their plans for the Catholic Church - Four favourites have emerged to succeed Pope ...

And they will determine whether the adage "fat pope, thin pope" holds true or whether the next leader of the Catholic Church ...

The solemn process of selecting a new pope is set to begin on Wednesday (May 7) at the Vatican as 133 cardinals prepare to ...

Only cardinals under the age of 80, who are male and Catholic, are allowed to vote in the election of the new pontiff.

Pope Francis appointed women to key Vatican posts. Will his successor consider women as deacons and priests next?

Sweden's first cardinal, Anders Arborelius, is a convert to Catholicism in the overwhelmingly Protestant Scandinavian country ...

The late pontiff was the first ever to style himself Pope Francis, a name chosen in honour of the 13th-century saint St ...

Francis brought the popular archbishop of Manila to Rome to head the Vatican’s missionary evangelization office, which serves the needs of the Catholic Church in much of Asia and Africa.

The closed-door conclave to elect a new pope following Pope Francis's death will begin on May 7, 2025-a crucial moment for ...

As pre-conclave lobbying intensifies, top Vatican diplomat Pietro Parolin has become a point of convergence for cardinals ...

All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around, differing in beliefs about the sacraments, the pope, the ...