There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the ...

Vatican City—Hundreds of thousands of mourners and world leaders packed St. Peter’s Square on Saturday for the funeral of ...

Sports betting can take a back seat this month because people are weighing the odds on who will become the next pope.

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu — the archbishop of Kinshasa in Congo who has described homosexuality as an “abomination” — ...

The College of Cardinals, clad in their red cassocks, solemnly processed towards the Sistine Chapel, where Michelangelo’s awe ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A diverse cast of cardinals gathering at the Vatican for Pope Francis’ funeral will soon turn to voting ...

Maneuvering has already begun ahead of the Conclave that starts next week. If a compromise is found in the current talks, it ...

and hopes of this time of globalization,' says Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re in his homily MANILA, Philippines – Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the dean of the College of Cardinals of the Roman ...

Despite his conservative credentials, Erdo has also spoken in favor of migrants and ... evangelization for the whole church: His time as archbishop of Manila has led to growing vocations and ...

MANILA – The Archdiocese of Manila on Friday issued a prayer for the forthcoming selection of the new head of the Catholic ...