Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich is a voting member of the College of Cardinals, the body that will hold the conclave to elect a ...

Since the church began selecting popes in a secret conclave, the choice has rarely come from the rumored frontrunners.

Pope Francis preached tolerance for others, sometimes to the point of breaking with Catholic Church orthodoxy and surprising ...

At last count there were 252 cardinals, of whom 141 were eligible to vote in a papal conclave (though there is no definitive ...

Can’t tell a conclave from a congregation? A brief guide on the language of selecting a new Pope - A change in popes is a ...

The Oscar-winning film is about the papal selection process. But how accurate is it to real life? Rev. Thomas Reese and ...

Meet the Irish-American Camerlengo and Italian dean who are in charge of administering the Church during this interim period.

Pope Francis laid out guidelines for a simplified funeral before a conclave convenes at the Sistine Chapel to select his ...

After a pope dies – or in very rare cases, resigns – the Catholic Church chooses its next leader through an ancient electoral process called the papal conclave. Here's how it works.

Pope Francis understood the power of a simple touch. Some of the most iconic moments of his papacy were those when he ...

As the Church prepares to elect a new pope, the rise of the Global South may shape the next chapter of Catholic ...

Pope Francis has died, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican camerlengo announced (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert misspelled Farrell's name).