Cardinal Becciu has left the conclave, which convenes on May 7, as front-runners emerge to succeed Pope Francis.

When a pope dies or resigns, the Catholic Church follows an ancient, secretive process called the conclave to elect his ...

How a New Pope Is Chosen—and Who It Could Be. Ordained as a priest in 1976, Dolan was appointed as an auxiliary bishop of the ...

All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around, differing in beliefs about the sacraments, the pope, the ...

Returning Kentucky basketball big man Brandon Garrison sits down with the Herald-Leader to talk about Mark Pope’s plan for ...

As the world’s most exclusive club prepares to elect the new pope, they face an immediate test of just how seriously they ...

# We should not mythologise the last days of Pope Francis. Prior to his final appearance on Easter Sunday, on the loggia of St Peter’s Basilica around noon Rome time, the 88-yeat-old pontiff had spent ...

The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has died. We take a look at his legacy and how the church will choose the next ...