Red-hatted cardinals were expected to pick a date Monday for the conclave to elect a new leader of the world’s 1.4 billion ...

Many cardinals cited the desire to continue Francis’ pastoral focus on people who are marginalized and against war.

Exit tourists. Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to ...

He who enters the conclave as pope, leaves it as a cardinal.” In other words, any candidate seen as the frontrunner before ...

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

The Conclave to elect Pope Francis's successor will start on May 7, Vatican Press Office Director Matteo Bruni said Monday.

Catholic cardinals will meet on May 7 to start voting for a new pope, the Vatican announced on Monday, a week after the death ...

Following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, 2025, at the age of 88, cardinals will convene in Rome to elect his ...