Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has replaced Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin as the new favorite to become the next pope ...

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

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 ...

If Roman Catholic cardinals have not picked a new pope by day three of next week's conclave, then things are not going to ...

No one knows who will be chosen as the next pope, but Raniero Mancinelli, a tailor in Rome, is preparing for any outcome.

Unlike U.S. President Donald Trump, who has lost no opportunity to demolish his predecessor's policies, the new Catholic ...

A papal conclave, the election of a new pope, tends to begin 15-20 days after a papal vacancy. Black or white smoke indicates ...

The world won’t know the next leader of the world’s Catholics until he appears before a throng of supporters in St. Peter’s ...

After joking to reporters outside the White House Wednesday, April 30 that he'd like to be the next pope, President Donald ...

The conclave will take place in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, a popular tourist spot that will remain closed to visitors ...

Since the death of Pope Francis, lists of his possible successors have proliferated on social media and in newspapers. Should ...

The conclave that begins next week to elect a successor for Pope Francis is the first in over 46 years for which the Vatican ...