Cardinals from around the world will meet under Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect a new leader ...

A total of 135 cardinals from across the world, all below the age of 80, are eligible to take part in the secret vote.

A theme of early meetings is the tension between diversity and unity, which have become shorthand for cardinals to signal ...

The Vatican has announced when the conclave to elect the 267th Pope will begin following the death of Pope Francis. Funeral ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met at the Vatican April 26 ahead of the funeral Mass for Pope Francis.

The Vatican’s cardinals’ assembly, known as the General Congregation, has chosen May 7 as the starting date for the highly ...

In the Catholic Church — the Vatican — a select group of Nigerian clerics rose to positions of extraordinary influence under ...

Catholic cardinals will assemble for the election of the next leader of the church on May 7, after the funeral of Pope ...

The date was decided two days after the funeral of Pope Francis, who died on April 21 aged 88. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Many cardinals cited the desire to continue Francis’ pastoral focus on people who are marginalized and against war.

VATICAN CITY - Roman Catholic cardinals will begin their secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church on May ...