African outreach was among Pope Francis' legacies, observers say, with numerous visits and a message of mercy inspiring ...

There are currently 135 cardinals who are under age 80 and eligible to vote in the conclave, hailing from 71 different ...

"And so it is what is, I guess, but it's very unfortunate," said Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey S. Grob. "It's a very serious ...

Beyond simply picking who the next pope will be, players and gamblers also can guess how many tries it will take the ...

Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín, who welcomed the decision to fly flags at half-mast over public buildings, said there should be ...

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

More than 130 cardinals will be sequestered in the Sistine Chapel to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff after Pope Francis' death.

Ahead of the secretive conclave to elect the next pope, all mobile phone signals will be deactivated in the Vatican on ...

Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and ...

Counting of the votes will continue until a two-thirds majority agrees on who will become the next pope.