Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...

The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from ...

In what has been called the final miracle by late Pope Francis, US President Donald Trump met Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...

Cardinals from across the globe will gather in the Sistine Chapel from May 7 to choose the next pope, with no contact with ...

The final stage of this year's Giro d'Italia will be dedicated to Pope Francis, who died on April 21, with a neutralised ...

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

Two cardinals, who have the right to participate in the upcoming conclave, will not be attending. The meeting, which will ...

ROME -- Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, delaying ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, once a powerful Vatican official, has formally withdrawn from participating in the conclave to elect ...

The Vatican says it will begin the process of selecting a new pope on May 7. Some 135 cardinals — all of them men under the age of 80 — will begin a closed-door meeting on that date to vote for the ...