Here’s a look at some of the leading papal contenders, with the proviso that favorites don’t typically end up getting the nod ...

The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commences on ...

WITH the conclave set to gather to choose the next pope, all eyes turn to the Vatican. Cardinals from across the world have ...

Pope Francis' death set off a series of traditions that culminates in a vote for his successor. Here are some of the possible ...

All 133 cardinals eligible to elect Pope Francis’s successor have arrived in Rome for the conclave. They will take their ...

Speaking to JI, prominent Italian journalist Maurizio Molinari laments ‘wave of dehumanization of Jews’ in Italy and implores Trump to see Israel’s war against Hamas and Ukraine’s against Russia as th ...

Contenders for pope emerge from the U.S., Asia, and Africa—raising the chance of a non-European successor to Francis.

The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church ...

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

Off St. Peter’s Square next to the Vatican, a 19th-century palace was converted in 2020 into a homeless shelter by Pope ...

Of the 133 cardinals with the right to vote in this conclave, 108 were created by Pope Francis and therefore will be ...

The proportion of cardinal electors from Africa and the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America, and countries in ...