Aside from doubts about the true age of Philippe Ouedraogo, a cardinal from Burkina Faso whom some claim is 80, meaning he’s too old to vote, and concerns about the presence of the Peruvian cardinal ...

As cardinals prepare to meet in a conclave at the Vatican to elect a new pope, Catholic bishops in Cameroon and around Africa ...

As different as a papal election is from every other kind of election in the modern world, each conclave nonetheless has an ...

Thanks largely to the United States' unique civil justice system and robust free press, bishops here have been forced to ...

At Masses in Rome’s housing projects and in the heart of its tourist district, the faithful prayed Sunday for the upcoming ...

Cardinal Tagle, papal contender, seen as ‘Asian Pope Francis’ Tagle would be first Filipino pontiff Widely seen as wanting to continue Francis’ reforms Friends praise humour, charm, approachability ...

Cardinals will gather on May 7 in a conclave in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel to elect a new Pope, days after Pope Francis ...

If the Catholic cardinals entering the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis are looking for a steady administrator ...

The Catholic church faces a fundamental question as it prepares to elect a new pope. That is, whether to go back to a monarchical papacy with its pomp and pageantry, or to build on the momentum begun ...

In the heart of Rome, as the Catholic Church prepares for a historic transition, Hungarian Cardinal Péter Erdő leads Mass at ...

Cardinals from all over the world are poised to elect a successor to Pope Francis at the conclave that begins Wednesday. But ...

While Pope Francis accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his ...