The winner must receive at least two-thirds of the vote from those cardinals under age 80 and thus eligible to participate.

Within the next few weeks, Catholic cardinals from around the world will convene at the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope to lead the Church. When a pope resigns or dies — as with Pope Francis ...

Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the next ...

The new pope's leadership will set the tone for the Church's future, whether continuing Francis's progressive reforms or shifting back toward conservatism.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals will meet Tuesday at the Vatican to begin scheduling Pope Francis’ funeral and burial, planning the conclave to elect his successor and making other decisions ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals have decided that the public viewing of Pope Francis will begin Wednesday in St. Peter’s Basilica, after his casket is taken by procession from the Vatican hotel ...

VATICAN CITY — (AP) — Cardinals will meet Tuesday at the Vatican to begin scheduling Pope Francis' funeral and burial, planning the conclave to elect his successor and making other decisions ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals gathered Tuesday at the Vatican to begin scheduling Pope Francis’ funeral and burial, planning the conclave to elect his successor and making other decisions ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals gathered Tuesday at the Vatican to begin scheduling Pope Francis' funeral and burial, planning the conclave to elect his successor and making other decisions about ...

Francis' funeral will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, celebrated by the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re. U.S. President Donald Trump said he ...

Who will succeed Pope Francis, dead at 88? The conclave for the first pontiff from Latin America and the Jesuit order to lead ...

Its Tuesday, April 22 and the Cardinals (9-14) are in Atlanta to take on the Braves (9-13). Andre Pallante is slated to take the mound for St. Louis against Nathan Wiles for Atlanta. The Braves ...