Catholic cardinals will assemble for the election of the next leader of the church on May 7, after the funeral of Pope ...

The conclave to pick the next pope following the April 21 death of Pope Francis will begin on Wednesday, May 7, according to ...

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, a Republican, is stepping into the national spotlight this week as a key figure ...

Cardinals of the Catholic Church present in Rome have announced the conclave to elect the 267th Pope will begin in May.

Cardinals from around the world will meet under Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect a new leader ...

Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor, delaying the ...

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

In the Catholic Church — the Vatican — a select group of Nigerian clerics rose to positions of extraordinary influence under ...

A total of 135 cardinals from across the world, all below the age of 80, are eligible to take part in the secret vote.

Pope Francis wore vestments labeling his institutional preeminence in the Roman Catholic religion. Far more significantly, ...

Many Catholics in Africa are asking whether the next Pope will be from their continent. This, increasingly, seems likely.