African outreach was among Pope Francis' legacies, observers say, with numerous visits and a message of mercy inspiring ...

Cardinals are meeting in Vatican City to choose a new leader for the Catholic Church. This follows the death of Pope Francis.

Deepening unity among Catholics will be the greatest challenge facing the next pope, who will be elected as early as ...

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

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors are set to choose a successor to Pope Francis, with the 2025 papal conclave about to ...

Throughout the 20th century, only two conclaves lasted up to five days − Pope Pius X's election in 1903 and Pope Pius XI's ...

More than 130 cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church will start their conclave to elect the next pope on Wednesday in the ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose ...

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

With at least three African cardinals in the running to become the next Pope, African Catholics are excited, but remain ...

A U.S. bishop offers insight on why many think it's unlikely Catholic cardinals will break with more than two centuries of precedent to pick an American pope.

Chaput may assert the pope was "inadequate to the real issues," but the truth is that Francis was challenging to those more ...