African outreach was among Pope Francis' legacies, observers say, with numerous visits and a message of mercy inspiring ...

On the eve of the conclave to elect the next pope, the world's smallest country, Vatican City, is engulfed in commotion as ...

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

Hollywood and the media love intrigue. And the interregnum in the Catholic Church provides much fodder for an institution ...

Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

First, those who embrace Pope Francis’ wide-ranging, modernising changes in the Catholic church. The reform-minded pope made ...

Known by his peers as a serious theologian, scholar and educator, Erdő, 72, is a leading contender among conservatives. He ...

Cardinals electing a new pope have some fundamental questions to weigh, beyond whether to give the Catholic Church its first ...

A champion of the Catholic Church’s most traditional and conservative wing and seen as a frontrunner to be elected Supreme ...

“For us, it does not matter whether he is African, white, or Black. What matters is having a good, holy pope who can unite ...