The secret election appears wide open but here are some of the names, in alphabetical order, being talked about as possible ...

Cardinals wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings Tuesday, trying to identify a possible new pope who could follow Pope ...

VATICAN CITY - Cardinals enter a conclave on Wednesday to choose a new pope, leader of the world's 1.4 billion Roman ...

Brian Burch, nominated by Donald Trump to become the next ambassador to the Holy See, tied to fake news about the health of ...

The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church.

Cardinals electing a new pope have some fundamental questions to weigh, beyond whether to give the Catholic Church its first Asian or African pontiff, or a conservative or progressive. Although they ...

Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. The support staff for the cardinals who will ...

The first smoke signal from the papal conclave will come from the Sistine Chapel "not before 7pm" on Wednesday, Holy See ...

Papal Conclave 2025 begins May 7 as 133 cardinals gather in the Sistine Chapel to elect the next pope after Pope Francis's ...

Some cardinals are looking for a new pope who will continue with Pope Francis' push for a more welcoming Church, while others ...

For this conclave these kingmakers are said to include Timothy Dolan, the conservative archbishop of New York; Jean-Claude ...

How does the Vatican make white smoke? - The outcome of the secretive papal election is announced through smoke, but how do ...