Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the first-ever cardinal from Jerusalem, has emerged as a potential contender for the papacy ...

Cardinals set for more talks after black smoke signals no pope chosen on first day - The smoke signals that the 133 cardinals have voted but haven’t reached a two-thirds consensus required to elect a ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ...

When the cardinals gather in the Pauline Chapel and process to the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin the process of choosing a new pope, they call upon the assistance of the Holy Spirit as they sing ...

Cardinals told RNS they now have a better sense of each other, despite having had little familiarity before the general ...

Catholic cardinals are filing into the Sistine Chapel for the start of the conclave to elect a new pope to follow Pope ...

Who are the contenders to be pope? They include a street priest, a missionary and a Lutheran convertWanted: A holy man.Job ...

A conclave of as many as 250 Catholic cardinals at the Vatican produced black smoke, indicating no result, following the ...

A few weeks before Francis’ death, much was made about his pointed criticism of a certain American politician’s ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday ...

Even a perfunctory tweet from the Foreign Ministry was quickly deleted under pressure from far-right coalition members.

May the next pope walk the path Francis helped illuminate—with humility, courage, and the conviction that faith must always serve justice.