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

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

From “camerlengo” to white smoke, here’s what to know about the words and phrases that guide the process after a pope dies.

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

Cardinal Robert Walter McElroy, a native Californian and former leader of San Diego Catholic, is a candidate for the papacy.

The recent movie Conclave, adapted from the 2016 Robert Harris novel about skulduggery in the Vatican, opens with a particularly dramatic flourish. The pope lies dead in his bed chamber.

By Elisabetta Povoledo Jason Horowitz and Emma Bubola Reporting from Rome and Vatican City Follow our live coverage for the funeral of Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Basilica. The death of Pope ...