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

As the Catholic Church moves towards selecting its next leader, global attention focuses on potential candidates.

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.” That means they possess the ...

As the Catholic Church moves towards selecting its next leader, global attention focuses on potential candidates.

Cardinals will start their conclave next week to pick a new head of the 1.4-billion member Church. Read more at ...

In a pre-conclave meeting, an Italian cardinal, and backer of Cardinal Parolin as next pope, attacked Pope Francis for ...

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

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

In 2005, after the death of Pope John Paul II, a group of cardinals met at a restaurant in Rome, and lobbied for German ...

Here is a selection of possible contenders, in no particular order. The list will be updated as cardinals continue their ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, addresses the COP29 Leaders Climate Action Summit Nov. 13, 2024, in Baku ...

Russia has used information warfare to promote its interests and undermine opponents across the world as a part of its foreign policy for decades. The Russian state was spending an estimated $1.5 ...