With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will ...

As the cardinals of the Catholic Church prepare to meet in the Conclave electing a successor to Pope Francis, various issues ...

NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...

Cardinals electing a new pope have some fundamental questions to weigh, beyond whether to give the Catholic Church its first ...

ANALYSIS: The late Pontiff famously encouraged Catholics to ‘make a mess’ to bring fresh energy and ideas to the Church. The ...

Whoever follows Francis must take up the legacy of Vatican II and of Pope Francis and engage the world without fear because ...

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

An expected 133 cardinal electors will enter the Sistine Chapel May 7 to elect the new Roman pontiff, the successor to Pope ...

The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled to mark the end of the funeral Mass in Vatican City, where mourners joined in a ...

As Pope Francis was laid to rest in Rome this week, and the Vatican prepares for a historic conclave to elect a new pope, the world is left to ponder what it means to have lost such a committed ...

The main question on this second consideration is whether the next pope should continue what Pope Francis has initiated, or ...

Pope Francis' possible successor, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, held special Mass in St. Peter's Square. Francis' tomb opened to ...