Papal candidates are known as “papabile” or translated from the Italian, “pope-able.” The vast majority of the papabile were ...

As cardinals gather to elect a new pope, ancient customs collide with TikTok trends, viral memes and a new era of digital ...

Rumors about pope frontrunner Pietro Parolin have been published this week on various news sites, and sexual abuse watchdogs ...

The Vatican is locking the doors, sealing the windows, and preparing the rooms of Casa Santa Marta, out of which will emerge ...

For over 750 years, strict food rules have safeguarded papal conclaves, ensuring secrecy and preventing hidden messages from ...

He predicted Italian Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa will be the next pope, and will choose the name Francis II.

Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job of pope, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the ...

A possible contender for the papacy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi has worked with the needy and the disenfranchised, even as he ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...

If Roman Catholic cardinals have not picked a new pope by day three of next week's conclave, then things are not going to ...

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