ASAP As church leaders gather for a conclave at the Vatican this week to pick a new pontiff following the death of Pope ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Jason Horowitz and Emma Bubola Reporting from Rome and Vatican City The death of Pope Francis last ...

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

With the conclave to select a new Pope beginning on May 7, many are wondering in what direction a new pope will take the ...

The voting process to elect a new Pope gets under way in Rome later and for the second conclave in a row there will be no ...

The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope” — from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica is followed first by the ...

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more traditional path.

Scholars say the next pope will contend with climate change and rising authoritarianism as well as shifting demographics and ...

Jorge Bergoglio was 76 when he became Pope Francis. His predecessor, Joseph Ratzinger, was 78 when he became Pope Benedict ...

What do Filipino Catholics expect of the next pope? That was the question from Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David to the faithful ...

Paparazzi are stalking the corridors of St. Peter's Square, swarming any cardinal bold enough to walk the streets in the days before the conclave.

"He's really like Pope Francis in terms of his love for the poor, his approachability and so on," one of his students says.