Of the 252 members of the College of Cardinals, 138 are currently eligible to elect the new pope. Only a small percentage are ...

Ten U.S. cardinals are among those who will gather in Rome to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died Monday.

Under current Vatican rules, only cardinals under the age of 80 are allowed to cast a vote for pope. The Vatican's press ...

Francis X. Rocca covered the Vatican and global religion for The Wall Street Journal. A native of Washington, D.C., he has written on a range of topics including European politics, higher ...