As the Catholic Church moves towards selecting its next leader, global attention focuses on potential candidates.

As the Catholic Church moves towards selecting its next leader, global attention focuses on potential candidates.

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.” That means they possess the ...

In a pre-conclave meeting, an Italian cardinal, and backer of Cardinal Parolin as next pope, attacked Pope Francis for ...

As Catholic cardinals meet to choose a new pope, they will face a big question: Is it time, after three consecutive ...

Cardinals respond to Becciu's withdrawal from the 2025 conclave as frontrunners emerge to succeed Pope Francis.

Over-80 cardinals, who cannot vote in the conclave, are lashing out at the Francis papacy, calling for change of course.

In 2005, after the death of Pope John Paul II, a group of cardinals met at a restaurant in Rome, and lobbied for German ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, addresses the COP29 Leaders Climate Action Summit Nov. 13, 2024, in Baku ...

Here is a selection of possible contenders, in no particular order. The list will be updated as cardinals continue their ...

The Feast of the Ascension is the fortieth day after Easter Sunday, which commemorates the Ascension of Christ into heaven, according to Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51, and Acts 1:2.