The promotion of conservative candidates from some corners started almost immediately after Francis’s death was announced.

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson is considered as the potential first black Pope in the history of the Catholic Church.

Former Indonesian President Jokowi was one of the four people sent by President Prabowo Subianto to the Vatican to attend the ...

Columnist Will Sutton says MAGA might like to see an African pope and considers whether Black Catholics might agree.

Catholics and cinephiles find themselves converging on a single space as many find similarities between the upcoming papal ...

Red-hatted cardinals were expected to pick a date Monday for the conclave to elect a new leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, following the death of Pope Francis.

On May 7, with the solemn pronouncement of extra omnes — "everyone else out" — the doors of the Sistine Chapel will close as ...

Catholic cardinals will meet on May 7 to start voting for a new pope, the Vatican announced on Monday (Apr 28), a week after ...

Red-robed cardinals convened at the Vatican on Monday morning to set a date for the conclave that will elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on 21 April. The cardinals, referred to ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will meet in a secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church starting from May 7, a ...

Now predominantly Muslim, North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic popes who left their mark on the ...