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

Here’s a look at some of the leading papal contenders, with the proviso that favorites don’t typically end up getting the nod ...

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more ...

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

They are trying to identify someone who could follow Pope Francis and make the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church credible and ...

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

What the world’s Indigenous Catholics don’t want to lose with the death of the first pontiff from the Southern Hemisphere: ...

The Sistine Chapel has witnessed every papal election since 1492 with only five exceptions, and it is preparing to once again ...

After holding their last pre-conclave meeting Tuesday morning, cardinals who will elect the next pope have less than a day to ...

The movie Conclave, as the title gives away, is precisely about the process of Papal election to choose the next head of the ...

A chimney above the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican will signal the election of a new pope and leader of the Catholic Church.

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