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

The world won’t know the next leader of the world’s Catholics until he appears before a throng of supporters in St. Peter’s ...

"Conclave" tells the story of Cardinal Thomas Lawrence, dean of the College of Cardinals, played by actor Ralph Fiennes. Lawrence is tasked with leading a papal election or conclave after the pope ...

Ahead of the 2013 conclave to replace Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan was tipped to restore the papal hat ...

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

VATICAN CITY – An Italian cardinal who was convicted of embezzlement and fraud said on April 29 he will not take part in the ...

The papal conclave will commence in May, when the cardinals will meet at St. Peter's Basilica and pray for the wisdom to ...

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

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...

At 72 years of age, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, the progressive Archbishop of Newark, is one of the ten cardinals from the ...

Pope Francis’ emphasis on reaching out to the “peripheries" of the church and world will result in the most diverse ...

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...