The next pope should instead be a man who models mutual respect, intellectual humility and a spirit of wonder at God’s ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 Catholic cardinals are beginning the ...

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signaling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals ...

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

Two years ago Pope Francis chose Prevost to replace Marc Ouellet as prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Bishops, handing ...

Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of the direction the Roman ...

Members of St. Monica Catholic Church discussed their views just ahead of the start of the conclave of cardinals tasked with ...

The 133 cardinals from 70 countries will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel, where they will vote in secret and silence, a ...

Who will be the next pope? 133 cardinals have started the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope ...

BBC Special Correspondent Katty Kay and author Ross Douthat discuss the state of religion and what could come with a new pope as cardinals convene at the Vatican for a conclave.

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney Wednesday, signaling that cardinals failed to elect a new pope in their first round of voting — perhaps reflecting the diverse opinions ...