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

The Vatican is finalizing preparations for the May 7 conclave, with firefighters on Friday installing a chimney on the roof ...

As members of the College of Cardinals prepare for the conclave, they face a profound choice: Build on the late pope’s ...

Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has replaced Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin as the new favorite to become the next pope ...

The death of Pope Francis and global aid cuts led by the United States could complicate the work of a group of experts ...

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine ...

A possible contender for the papacy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi has worked with the needy and the disenfranchised, even as he ...

Welcomed by some and rejected by others, Laudato Si’ emerged as one of the most important documents of Francis’ pontificate.

Vatican staff installed a chimney on the Sistine Chapel ahead of the May 7 conclave, where cardinals will elect a new pope to ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...

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

During his 12-year papacy, Pope Francis introduced significant changes to the Catholic Church, notably increasing the ...