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

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

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After Pope Francis died at the age of 88, many are wondering about the process in which new popes are selected ...

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza ...

Cardinals from around the world must gather for the conclave in which Francis’ successor is selected. It typically takes ...

Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, has died on Easter Monday, ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will hold a conclave to elect the Church's 267th pontiff and a successor to Pope Francis, who has ...

Francis broke from tradition and asked for a "simple" burial in Rome's Basilica of Saint Mary Major instead of St. Peter's ...

At last count there were 252 cardinals, of whom 141 were eligible to vote in a papal conclave (though there is no definitive ...

Cardinals are meeting at the Vatican to make the first decisions about running the Catholic Church following the death of ...

A Catholic scholar explains every step of the conclave process that will determine the successor to the late Pope Francis.