African outreach was among Pope Francis' legacies, observers say, with numerous visits and a message of mercy inspiring ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings Tuesday, trying to identify a possible new pope who could ...

The secret election appears wide open but here are some of the names, in alphabetical order, being talked about as possible ...

Here’s a look at some of the leading papal contenders, with the proviso that favorites don’t typically end up getting the nod ...

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

Contenders for pope emerge from the U.S., Asia, and Africa—raising the chance of a non-European successor to Francis.

The Sistine Chapel has witnessed every papal election since 1492 with only five exceptions, and it is preparing to once again ...

After holding their last pre-conclave meeting Tuesday morning, cardinals who will elect the next pope have less than a day to ...

What the world’s Indigenous Catholics don’t want to lose with the death of the first pontiff from the Southern Hemisphere: ...

G.K. Chesterton wrote of St. Francis of Assisi, “But after all, this man was a man and not half a dozen men. What seems ...

The media have never had so much influence on the men who pick the pope.