Leading the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church. Location: Vatican City. There are no official candidates for the papacy, but ...

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

King Charles has had health problems of his own. Last month he was briefly hospitalized due to the side effects of cancer ...

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

As Catholic cardinals meet to choose a new pope, they will face a big question: Is it time, after three consecutive ...

The last Italian pope died in 1978. Now, among the papal candidates ahead of next week’s conclave, there are several Italian contenders.

Martin Scorsese has announced a new documentary titled Aldeas A New Story, which will include what is described as the last ...

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 ...

Milone, who is pursuing a wrongful termination suit, said restoring Catholics’ confidence in the Vatican’s financial integrity would be critical to reversing the decline in donations. According to the ...

A New Story, a documentary focused on Pope Francis’s Aldeas initiative, featuring youth films promoting cultural dialogue, as ...