A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It implies the sacred ...

The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing ...

Canada has three cardinals and two retired cardinals. Cardinals lose their eligibility to vote at 80 years old, but are still ...

History: Lacroix worked as a missionary in Colombia before returning to Quebec in 2001. He eventually took over for Cardinal Marc Ouellet in 2011 as Archbishop of Quebec, and as cardinal three years ...

It's very possible the next pope could be from Africa, where the Catholic Church continues to add millions of members.

Speculation has already started about the most likely candidates to succeed Pope Francis as the next pontiff and pastoral leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. The conclave of cardinals will ...

Cardinal Marc Ouellet arrives for a meeting at the Vatican on March 11, 2013. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP) Ouellet, 80, of Canada, led the Vatican’s influential bishops office for over a decade ...

After Hamas’s attack on Israel on 7 October, Pizzaballa offered himself as hostage in exchange for children who were being held by Hamas.Cardinal Marc Ouellet Cardinal Marc Ouellet. Credit ...

Cardinal Marc Ouellet arrives for a meeting at the Vatican on March 11, 2013. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP) Ouellet, 80, of Canada, led the Vatican’s influential bishops office for more than a ...