The conclave to select a new pope will be sharply different from the body that chose Francis in 2013. Experts say that could ...

The word itself predates Christianity, but the conclave with its secretive deliberations and ancient trappings still captures ...

Robert Sarah, 79, of Guinea, the retired head of the Vatican’s liturgy office, has long been considered the best hope for an ...

While no clear successor to Pope Francis has been named, traditionally the pope has been picked from within the College of ...

The death of Pope Francis has just set in motion the political process for the Catholic Church to select a new leader.

Andrew Stanton is a Newsweek weekend reporter based in Maine. His role is reporting on ... The youngest is Cardinal Mykola Bychok, 45, of Ukraine. Pope Francis appointed him to the post in ...