Though Francis didn’t make major changes to the conclave, his outreach to what he called “peripheries’’ leaves an imprint that will be felt this week.

Nobody knows when Cardinal Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo was born – and it has sparked a right confusion at the Vatican.

Following the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88 on April 21, the selection process to elect the 267th pontiff will soon ...

First of all, the conclave has a rule that if the voting takes too long, then a pope can be elected with a 50+1 percent of ...

Whoever follows Francis must take up the legacy of Vatican II and of Pope Francis and engage the world without fear because ...

The leader of a prominent shack dwellers' organisation in South Africa is praying that the next pontiff after Pope Francis ...

They don’t have a vote in the pope’s election, but nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female Catholic orders met in Rome on ...

A missionary experience in Africa, evangelization and commitment to solidarity organizations are the hallmarks of Cardinal Juan José Omella Omella, Metropolitan Archbishop of Barcelona and one of the ...

It remains unclear whether the conclave will result in a leader aligned with Pope Francis' more progressive stance or a ...

Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, 65, from the Federal Republic of Congo, is a Capuchin friar and tipped to become the first black ...

ANALYSIS: The late Pontiff famously encouraged Catholics to ‘make a mess’ to bring fresh energy and ideas to the Church. The ...

For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...