About 130 cardinals will be able to vote on a successor for Francis, and a two-thirds majority is needed to elect the new ...

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

VATICAN CITY — A conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin on Wednesday, May 7, the Vatican announced Monday.

Cardinals of the Catholic Church present in Rome have announced the conclave to elect the 267th Pope will begin in May.

The cardinals eligible to vote for the new pope will gather in the coming weeks and enter seclusion to secretly vote for the ...

It is one of the wonders of the world, attracting millions of visitors every year. But those now in Rome hoping to admire the ...