On a balmy night outside Manila’s Baclaran church, Gerald Concepcion, 32, and his fellow devotees were decorating a float of ...

With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will ...

The last official day of mourning for Pope Francis wrapped up in the Vatican Sunday, and a papal conclave will begin on ...

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

The papal conclave in the modern era has resulted in a number of progressive popes playing various roles in shaping political ...

But papal betting has a long history. Roman banking houses were taking bets as far back as 1503. Alessandro Damasceni Peretti ...

President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself dressed as pope, which drew criticism from the group ...

"I think the idea of an African pope would be inspirational for all Catholics, and many non-Catholic Africans around the ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost joins the conclave Wednesday to pick Pope Francis' successor. His rise in the faith began at a South ...

Cardinals from all over the world are poised to elect a successor to Pope Francis at the conclave that begins Wednesday. But ...

Francis-era reforms that saw a diverse group of cardinals join the mix make his successor nearly impossible to call.

At Masses across Rome and socioeconomic lines, Catholics prayed the next pope focuses on poverty and peace days before the ...