With cardinals from Africa, Asia and even East Timor now among the electors, this conclave could mark a turning point for a ...

Age, geographical, ideological considerations and Donald Trump will all be factors that play into who becomes the next pope.

As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel, ...

Nuns don't have a vote in the election of a pope. But nearly 900 superiors of the world's female Catholic orders gathered in ...

Pope Francis’ former point man on migrants has drawn criticism with comments in the context of the African continent being ...

The Sistine Chapel was decked out to host a papal election Tuesday as cardinals from around the globe moved into a Vatican ...

And they will determine whether the adage "fat pope, thin pope" holds true or whether the next leader of the Catholic Church ...

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As the world prepares for the papal conclave, many are speculating about the potential for a historic moment: Could a ...

Catholics around the world are getting ready to celebrate the election of a new pope as the conclave begins on Wednesday. All eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel to see white ...

Cardinals will be voting for a new leader in the largest papal conclave in history, following the death of Pope Francis in ...

The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope” — from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica is followed first by the ...