The world's Catholic cardinals met on Monday for the first time after the funeral of Pope Francis to discuss a possible date ...

The church is divided. The problem is to find the one who unites, not pretend that it isn’t divided,” one church historian ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the acting head of the Catholic Church, spent most of his career in the U.S. before being called to ...

A Black pope would make a profound statement — not just in the United States, where President Donald Trump has demonized ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and ...

Three of the youngest cardinals who will take part in the Conclave: Americo Manuel (51), from Portugal; Cardenal Mykola (45), ...

Some people said the pope's compassion inspired them. Others said he was too liberal or that no pope would affect how they ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin their secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church on May 7, the Vatican ...

Meet the Irish-American Camerlengo and Italian dean who are in charge of administering the Church during this interim period.

Pope Francis appointed a significant number of cardinals from the Global South. Among the 135 cardinals currently eligible to ...

Fifteen cardinals taking part in the upcoming conclave are 79 years old — some making it under the cutoff just weeks before ...

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