Roman Catholic cardinals will start electing a new pope on Wednesday, sequestering themselves in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel ...

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

As the papal conclave begins in the Vatican, an explanation of what will happen now before the election of the next Pope ...

Francis’s most outspoken critic, ultra-conservative US Cardinal Raymond Burke, took the unusual step of posting an Instagram video of himself praying out loud for the “most worthy man” to lead the ...

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston says he wants the new pope to be "a man of unity for the ...

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That’s more than any nation except Italy, home to 17 of the electors who will gather Wednesday for ...

NEW YORK - As cardinals gather in Rome this week to select the next pope, global news networks covering every twist and turn ...