Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

The College of Cardinals will begin the secretive voting process of choosing a new pope on Wednesday, May 7, and FOX 5 NY will have a 24/7 LIVE look at the Sistine Chapel.

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 ...

With Pope Francis' passing, the Roman Catholic Church is focused on electing his replacement. Here's what that means.

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine ...

The papal conclave will commence in May, when the cardinals will meet at St. Peter's Basilica and pray for the wisdom to ...

Strickland, a former bishop, said he worried a pope similar to Francis would deepen the rift between the U.S. and the Vatican ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, Christians from all over the world will flock to Vatican City, a country surrounded by ...

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

Italians got the next best thing in Pope Francis — the Argentine son of Italian immigrants. But many here wondered whether one of their own would ever again sit on the throne of St. Peter. Now some ...

In addition to leading the Catholic Church, the pope is also the head of Vatican City, a 100-acre sovereign state located in ...

The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the conclave to elect the next pope ...