Cardinals from 70 countries have gathered at the Vatican to elect a new Pope in the most diverse conclave in history.

As an associate pastor, then-Father Ranjith was "a very energetic young priest" with a strong affinity for the poor, like Francis.

Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of the direction the Roman ...

Cardinals choosing the next leader of the global Catholic Church were locked into the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, ...

Cardinals are meeting in Vatican City to choose a new leader for the Catholic Church. This follows the death of Pope Francis.

The cardinal leading the last mass before a conclave to elect a new pope urged his peers Wednesday to choose someone able to ...

But here are 15 cardinals among the potential favourites to succeed Pope Francis -- so-called "papabili" -- divided by region ...

Cardinals from across the world will be shut into the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday for a secretive conclave to elect the next ...