"The first challenge for the next pope, as for any pope, is to be a vital, credible, compelling witness to Jesus Christ in ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, who served as bishop of Spokane from 2010 to 2014, will be among the 135 cardinals to cast a vote in the conclave. Cupich was tapped by Francis to become Archbishop of Chicago ...

Cardinal Gerhard Müller has called on the next pope to stand up to the "gay lobby" as the race to choose the next leader of the Catholic church continues.

Pope Francis' tomb assures a pageantry of pilgrims to his memory, as the scandal-battered Catholic Church seeks high ground ...

“I believe the Holy Spirit always intervenes in the choosing of the next pope,” the Rev. Halmar Adolis Calix, a priest from ...

Since the death of Pope Francis, lists of his possible successors have proliferated on social media and in newspapers. Should ...

Over-80 cardinals, who cannot vote in the conclave, are lashing out at the Francis papacy, calling for change of course.

Mourning mass in St. Peter’s Basilica after Pope Francis’ funeral, ahead of conclave Watch live as a mourning mass is held in ...

At least three African cardinals are being cited among the current “papabile,” the term used by Vatican observers to describe ...

When the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel spouts white smoke, it means that the Catholic Church officially has a new pope.

Papal Conclave 2025 - will there ever be a woman Pope? The Roman Catholic Church will open its conclave on May 7 to select ...

With less than a week to go before the conclave to elect a new pope, Rome's best-known clerical tailors have not received ...