Cardinals say the primary task facing them when the conclave opens Wednesday is to find a pope who can be both a pastor and a ...

A Jerusalem cardinal who spent decades fostering interfaith ties among Christians, Jews and Muslims is a leading contender to ...

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

As the cardinals of the Catholic Church prepare to meet in the Conclave electing a successor to Pope Francis, various issues ...

Although estranged from his own religious order for more than two decades, Pope Francis reconciled immediately after his ...

The secret election appears wide open but here are some of the names, in alphabetical order, being talked about as possible ...

The Post chose to frame its recent article about the preparations for the conclave to select the next pope in political terms ...

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

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

ANALYSIS: The late Pontiff famously encouraged Catholics to ‘make a mess’ to bring fresh energy and ideas to the Church. The ...

As cardinals prepare to meet in a conclave at the Vatican to elect a new pope, Catholic bishops in Cameroon and around Africa ...

Whoever follows Francis must take up the legacy of Vatican II and of Pope Francis and engage the world without fear because ...