If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is ...

During the seating there's no communication with the outside world on the proceedings, except for the smoke signals from the ...

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the ...

Rappler breaks down the demographics of the cardinal electors, including where they’re from and which pope appointed them ...

The French president held a series of meetings with cardinals and other Church officials while in the Italian capital last ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago, has spent the bulk of his career outside the United States. Supporters ...

A possible contender for the papacy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi has worked with the needy and the disenfranchised, even as he ...

Catholic church members gathered at the Regina Mundi Catholic Church in Johannesburg South Africa on Wednesday for a mass to ...

The first African American cardinal in the U.S., who began his Catholic journey on Chicago's South Side, will be there for ...

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