Contenders for pope emerge from the U.S., Asia, and Africa—raising the chance of a non-European successor to Francis.

A Jerusalem cardinal who spent decades fostering interfaith ties among Christians, Jews and Muslims is a leading contender to ...

As the cardinals of the Catholic Church prepare to meet in the Conclave electing a successor to Pope Francis, various issues ...

The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church ...

The Post chose to frame its recent article about the preparations for the conclave to select the next pope in political terms ...

Cardinals say the primary task facing them when the conclave opens Wednesday is to find a pope who can be both a pastor and a ...

It remains unclear whether the conclave will result in a leader aligned with Pope Francis' more progressive stance or a ...

The two are passing through Rome on vacation and will continue to southern Italy. But they are practicing Catholics and were ...

The secret election appears wide open but here are some of the names, in alphabetical order, being talked about as possible ...

Although estranged from his own religious order for more than two decades, Pope Francis reconciled immediately after his ...

“We'll see what the Holy Spirit says,” he said Wednesday ... where pilgrims continued to arrive for the Holy Year ...