White smoke, a pope-mobile, and a crowd of adoring fans as Pinecrest Academy’s second graders held a mock papal conclave just ...

Cardinals who are set to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new Catholic pope started moving into two Vatican hotels ...

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more ...

A rare adjustment has expanded the number of voting cardinals to 135, amplifying African representation in the selection of the next pope.

An expert tells PEOPLE that Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa was quite close to Pope Francis and is seen as being an ...

The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any ...

Who is Pietro Parolin? The longtime Vatican diplomat who could be the next pope - Pietro Parolin has been the Vatican's ...

The next pope is unlikely to hail from the U.S., but here are three possible outliers who could be a factor when the College of Cardinals convenes on Wednesday.

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

Papal candidates are known as “papabile” or translated from the Italian, “pope-able.” The vast majority of the papabile were ...