The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the ...

There were 135 cardinals aged under 80 when Francis died and are thereby eligible to take part in the conclave, but it is not ...

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

As cardinals meet in Rome ahead of a conclave to elect the next pope, a Peruvian cardinal accused of sexual abuse and whose ...

He who enters the conclave as pope, leaves it as a cardinal.” In other words, any candidate seen as the frontrunner before ...

The conclave to elect the 267th Pope will begin on Wednesday May 7, 2025, following the conclusion of the Novemdiales Masses ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the conclave to elect the next leader of the Catholic church will begin on May 7. But ...

The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to elect the next pope after the ...