Cardinals Luis Antonio Tagle, Jose Advincula, and Pablo Virgilio David — the three Filipino cardinals eligible to enter the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

Follow live coverage as Catholic cardinals elect the next Pope in the highly secretive conclave to lead the Vatican following ...

The College of Cardinals held its 12th general congregation on Tuesday, where Pope Francis’ ring fisherman’s ring was officially destroyed.

The voting process to elect the pope has its own dynamics, and understanding how it has worked over the past century provides ...

As the papal conclave begins in the Vatican, an explanation of what will happen now before the election of the next Pope ...

That is why most popes in history have chosen the name John. After stating his new name, the new pope is taken to the ...

The pope is the head of state and the ruler of the Vatican City, which is the smallest state in the world with a measure of mere 44 hectares.

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the ...

He always smiled at me; he seemed more like a brother than a pope,’ he recalls of Francis while working on his successor’s ...

A conclave is beginning to elect a new pope. Two cardinals with ties to the Fall River diocese have taken part in this solemn tradition.