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

To become the next pope, the candidate must receive at least two-thirds of the vote from those cardinals who are under age 80 ...

Pope Francis died Monday at the age of 88. As tributes pour in from around the world, the Vatican faces a transition.

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

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza ...

The late pontiff’s health concerns in recent years led to contenders to succeed him known a papabile emerging even before his ...

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 ...

They will come together and in secret, they will vote by a very precise and rather ancient procedure of voting." ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will hold a conclave to elect the Church's 267th pontiff and a successor to Pope Francis, who has ...

Drawing on Latin American theology that emphasizes collaboration, developed in response to continued struggles with ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” ...