African outreach was among Pope Francis' legacies, observers say, with numerous visits and a message of mercy inspiring ...

With the conclave to select a new Pope beginning on May 7, many are wondering in what direction a new pope will take the ...

The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That’s more than any ...

On the eve of the conclave to elect the next pope, the world's smallest country, Vatican City, is engulfed in commotion as ...

With the passing of Pope Francis, the Roman Catholic Church is preparing to choose its next spiritual leader, a decision that ...

With 133 cardinals set to take place in this conclave following the death of Pope Francis, the outcome has been described as ...

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

The late pontiff was the first ever to style himself Pope Francis, a name chosen in honour of the 13th-century saint St ...

Pope Francis diversified the College of Cardinals more than any of his predecessors, shifting the balance of power away from ...

I don’t know if they’re looking for conservative, liberal, progressive, traditional, fat or thin.. I think they’re just ...

The eyes of the globe are on the Vatican as the conclave to elect the next pope is about to begin, and New York's Timothy ...

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...