Asia's front-runner for the papacy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines is a charismatic moderate often dubbed the "Asian Francis".

While acknowledging he holds no official preference for the successor to Pope Francis, the US President did single out one ...

A seasoned diplomat who worked with Pope Francis for 12 years, Cardinal Pietro Parolin is well-known in Rome and abroad, and ...

The decision was made during a closed-door meeting of the College of Cardinals and announced at a media briefing at the ...