Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

“For us, it does not matter whether he is African, white, or Black. What matters is having a good, holy pope who can unite ...

Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

Leading the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church.Location: Vatican City.There are no official candidates for the papacy, but ...

Ahead of the 2013 conclave to replace Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan was tipped to restore the papal hat ...

The world won’t know the next leader of the world’s Catholics until he appears before a throng of supporters in St. Peter’s ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

The conclave will be a "fight for the soul of the Catholic Church" between those who saw promise in the modernising changes Pope Francis made and those "who hated him for it".

JD Vance is taking divine inspiration from meeting Pope Francis just hours before the pontiff died following a prolonged ...

Vice President JD Vance reflected on his meeting with Pope Francis, just hours before the Holy Father passed away, telling ...

Read Claudio Epelman's Personal Tribute to Pope Francis.