Whoever succeeds Pope Francis will inherit his momentous and controversial legacy of relations with Indigenous people ...

The papal conclave will commence in May, when the cardinals will meet at St. Peter's Basilica and pray for the wisdom to ...

The death of Pope Francis paves the way for one of the most secretive events in human history, as depicted in the papal ...

The final stage of this year's Giro d'Italia will be dedicated to Pope Francis, who died on April 21, with a neutralised ...

When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected in 2013 as Pope Francis, he was a near total Vatican outsider. He had never been a ...

Cardinals have chosen May 7 as the date to start conclave and elect a new leader for 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, ...

Pope Francis' death set off a series of traditions that culminates in a vote for his successor. Here are some of the possible ...

The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

When the cardinals meet for the conclave, they gather in the Sistine Chapel. All cardinal electors must swear an oath of ...

Vatican post offices and selected collectors' shops this week started selling special stamps marking the period between Pope Francis' death and the election of his successor.

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...

Pope Francis appointed a significant number of cardinals from the Global South. Among the 135 cardinals currently eligible to ...