Many cardinals cited the desire to continue Francis’ pastoral focus on people who are marginalized and against war.

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

As "Conclave" shows, the pope's signet ring, called Ring of the Fisherman, is destroyed after his death to signify the papal ...

Secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church will start on May 7. The date was decided during a closed-door ...

VATICAN CITY (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — The Vatican announces that a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin on ...

The papal conclave, the solemn and secretive process in which cardinals convene to elect a successor to Pope Francis, is to ...

Over 130 cardinals will be able to vote on a successor for Francis, and a two-thirds majority is needed to elect the new head ...