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

They seem fundamentally united in finding a pope who will be able to make the 2,000-year-old church credible and relevant ...

Cardinals are high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church whose main duties include advising, governing the Roman Curia, ...

Ahead of the conclave to elect the next Pope, cardinals take centre stage. Called the Princes of the Church, they are at the ...

The Vatican has a dual mission: to ensure the safety of the cardinals and to safeguard the strict secrecy of the process, ...

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

The African continent is one of two continents in the world which has not yet had any of its members elected as the leader of ...

The conclave has been the tried and tested method to select the Pope since 1276 and will see 133 cardinal electors enter the ...

Conclaves typically span several days, with multiple rounds of voting, before a candidate secures the necessary two-thirds majority to become pope.

Discover the 133 cardinals from 70 nations in the Vatican conclave, as they prepare to elect the next pope for 1.3 billion ...