Cardinals say the primary task facing them when the conclave opens Wednesday is to find a pope who can be both a pastor and a ...

Fr. Kyle Doustou, a pastor in Old Town and soon to be Vicar General for the Diocese of Portland, sat down with Maine's Total ...

While Medieval Conclaves could extend for months and even years, the rules were tweaked by Pope John Paul II and Pope ...

Although estranged from his own religious order for more than two decades, Pope Francis reconciled immediately after his ...

Becoming pope was a big deal for a cardinal and his family. Leading candidates known as papabili (pope-ables) began ...

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Among the possible younger successors of Pope Francis there is José Tolentino de Mendonca, Portuguese, a subtle man of letters, and a lover of poetry. Francis appointed him cardinal in 2019 and in ...

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

US Cardinal Timothy Dolan said on Sunday that President Trump's the posting of the image 'wasn't good' but declined to say ...

Anticipation is growing ahead of May 7th, when the papal conclave processions are scheduled to begin. "Everyone's just waiting for Wednesday. Everyone's just kind of pins and needles," said Chandler ...