With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will ...

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

Aveline, 66, was an ally of Francis. He hosted the pope in the Mediterranean port city in 2023 during the pontiff’s second ...

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

A rare adjustment has expanded the number of voting cardinals to 135, amplifying African representation in the selection of the next pope.

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Here are the specifics of the voting process, according to the Vatican: Each cardinal writes the name of their ...

The cardinals held their last day of pre-conclave meetings Tuesday morning, during which Francis' fisherman's ring and his official seal were destroyed in one of the final formal rites of the ...