Out of the 135 voting cardinals, Pope Francis appointed 108, accounting for 80% of them. Pope Benedict XVI appointed 22, and ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the acting head of the Catholic Church, spent most of his career in the U.S. before being called to ...

Meet the Irish-American Camerlengo and Italian dean who are in charge of administering the Church during this interim period.

An Ohio native is among the Catholic Church cardinals who will choose a new pope. The funeral for Pope Francis, who died ...

He has welcomed LGBTQ individuals and supported the expansion of female leadership in religious roles. Will he be the next ...

A Catholic scholar explains every step of the conclave process that will determine the successor to the late Pope Francis.

A new pope will be selected to lead the Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis. The pope is chosen during a ...

A mass took place in Northeast, D.C., to remember Pope Francis. Four cardinals were in attendance, three of whom are expected ...

His presence, prayers, and preaching have confirmed us in faith, enlivened our hope, and animated us to charity...' ...

After Pope Francis died at the age of 88, many are wondering about the process in which new popes are selected ...

The election of a new leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Roman Catholics is shrouded in secrecy. Cardinals are forbidden from ...