The promotion of conservative candidates from some corners started almost immediately after Francis’s death was announced.

When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected in 2013 as Pope Francis, he was a near total Vatican outsider. He had never been a ...

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The Cardinal of Baghdad, Louis Raphael Sako, told journalists at the Vatican on Tuesday that he expects a "short conclave." ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in Rome on Tuesday for talks with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, as the two ...

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

The attention of the church now turns decisively to the question of Francis’ successor and the preparations for the conclave ...

On Friday, the day before the pope’s funeral, flight searches on Expedia for Rome for the dates of May 5-14 were up more than ...

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan departed for Rome on Tuesday to attend the 4th Intergovernmental Summit between ...

Speaking at St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday, the 54-year-old vicar general for the Diocese of Rome described how the faithful ...

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...