Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

The conclave to elect a new pope is newly underway, and includes a cadre of cardinals with strong D.C. ties. The big picture: ...

The conclave to elect a new pope is newly underway, and includes a cadre of cardinals with strong D.C. ties. The big picture: ...

The College of Cardinals began meeting Wednesday to vote in a papal conclave -- a secret ballot where two-thirds majority is ...

Black smoke has emerged from the Sistine Chapel after Cardinals held the first vote to select a new pope on the first day of ...

When the cardinals gather in the Pauline Chapel and process to the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin the process of choosing a new pope, they call upon the assistance of the Holy Spirit as they sing ...

NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...

The United States is home to 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any other nation ...

Brian Burch, nominated by Donald Trump to become the next ambassador to the Holy See, tied to fake news about the health of ...

The newly appointed Catholic Archbishop of Washington, D.C., Cardinal Robert McElroy, has been one of President Trump’s ...