COMMENTARY: Ecclesiology, not just personality, is at stake in this conclave. A new pope must resist false reform rooted in ...

A possible contender for the papacy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi has worked with the needy and the disenfranchised, even as he ...

The French president held a series of meetings with cardinals and other Church officials while in the Italian capital last ...

Cardinal Camillo Ruini emphasizes the need to choose a pope who can unite the Church and restore it to Catholics while ...

Known by his peers as a serious theologian, scholar and educator, Erdő, 72, is a leading contender among conservatives. He ...

Conclave,” the film may have introduced movie-goers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has certainly already begun.

In the week leading up to the conclave, the cardinals continue to meet at the Vatican to get to know each other and outline ...

Vatican firefighters were seen on the roof of the Sistine Chapel installing the chimney, a key moment in the preparation for the May 7 conclave. After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, ...

Four of the 133 cardinal electors who will pick Pope Francis's successor in a conclave starting Wednesday have not yet ...

Ghana’s Cardinal Peter Turkson is seen as one of the Church’s most influential men from Africa, where Christianity is quickly ...