As members of the College of Cardinals prepare for the conclave, they face a profound choice: Build on the late pope’s ...

Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

Pope Francis chose 149 of the current members of the college, most of whom will help choose his successor as cardinal ...

Not only did Pope Francis value and promote the dignity of labor, he was someone who personally worked extremely hard, finding joy and rest in work itself, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández said at the ...

Cardinals respond to Becciu's withdrawal from the 2025 conclave as frontrunners emerge to succeed Pope Francis.

Over-80 cardinals, who cannot vote in the conclave, are lashing out at the Francis papacy, calling for change of course.

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

The Argentinian cardinal, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and a close personal friend of the late Francis, celebrated Mass with the College of Cardinals as part of the Church’s ...

5. Prayer is a work of mercy. Praying for the living and the dead is a spiritual work of mercy. When we pray for the cardinal ...

"Conclave" tells the story of Cardinal Thomas Lawrence, dean of the College of Cardinals, played by actor Ralph Fiennes. Lawrence is tasked with leading a papal election or conclave after the pope ...

HEEDING the call of the College of Cardinals, the Archdiocese of Manila on Friday, May 2, 2025, issued a prayer for the forthcoming papal conclave in the Vatica ...