Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali, the former archbishop of Philadelphia, is outside the age cutoff for the conclave to select ...

President Donald Trump posted an artificial intelligence-generated image of himself dressed as pope as the mourning of Pope ...

Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...

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

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The conclave to pick the next pope following the April 21 death of Pope Francis will begin on Wednesday, May 7, according to ...

While any baptized Roman Catholic male is eligible, only cardinals have been selected as pope since 1378. The winner must ...

The decision was made at the Fifth General Congregation, held on Monday morning in the Vatican's Synod Hall. The conclave ...

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...

More cardinals from more countries than ever will gather in the Sistine Chapel starting Wednesday to choose a new pope at a ...

The method the Catholic Church uses to select their leader has remained virtually unchanged for the last 800 years ...

Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and ...