During the seating there's no communication with the outside world on the proceedings, except for the smoke signals from the ...

Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job of pope, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the ...

Iraqi Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako is the only cardinal from his nation. India is sending four cardinals to the conclave, the ...

Catholic church members gathered at the Regina Mundi Catholic Church in Johannesburg South Africa on Wednesday for a mass to ...

The first African American cardinal in the U.S., who began his Catholic journey on Chicago's South Side, will be there for ...

The death of Pope Francis and global aid cuts led by the United States could complicate the work of a group of experts ...

Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

Hollywood and the media love intrigue. And the interregnum in the Catholic Church provides much fodder for an institution ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history.

Catholic cardinals set May 7 as the date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, following informal meetings where ...