While any baptized Roman Catholic male is eligible, only cardinals have been selected as pope since 1378. The winner must receive at least two-thirds of the votes from those cardinals who are under ...

Known by his peers as a serious theologian, scholar and educator, Erdő, 72, is a leading contender among conservatives. He ...

Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) jokingly asked the conclave to “keep an open mind” about making President Trump the next pope. “I was ...

Trump joked he would like to be next pope days after Francis dies. Sen. Lindsey Graham thought it was funny and exciting. But ...

Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See Press Office, had stated at an April 29 press briefing that two cardinal electors ...

Survivors of clerical abuse, experts in child protection and victim advocacy groups have collectively decried the presence of ...

While there are those who want to back away from Francis' outreach there is one unalterable fact: When the world's Catholic ...

Ultimately, the most important message that we can share with children during the time of a papal conclave is one of trust.

P resident Donald Trump has some thoughts on who should be the next Pope—that is, if it can’t be himself.

The appeal came as the cardinals concluded their seventh general congregation — the daily meetings leading up to the start of ...

A coalition of survivors of clergy sexual abuse demand the next pope adopt a universal zero-tolerance policy for abuse.