All 252 cardinals will meet as they prepare for the start of the conclave. Before it begins, 119 of them will leave as only ...

As members of the College of Cardinals prepare for the conclave, they face a profound choice: Build on the late pope’s ...

Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who was convicted of embezzlement and fraud in 2023, said on Tuesday he will not take part in ...

Becciu rose to prominence and power under conservative Pope Benedict XVI and is very much affiliated with the conservative ...

An expected 133 cardinal electors will enter the Sistine Chapel May 7 to elect the new Roman pontiff, the successor to Pope ...

Bishop of Stockholm Experience: Member of Order of the Discalced Carmelite Fathers; longtime president and then vice ...

At last count there were 252 cardinals, of whom 141 were eligible to vote in a papal conclave (though there is no definitive ...

The appeal came as the cardinals concluded their seventh general congregation — the daily meetings leading up to the start of ...

Workers and clerics assisting the dozens of Catholic cardinals set to gather Wednesday to begin voting on the next pope had ...

The College of Cardinals held its 11th general congregation at 5 p.m. Rome time on Monday in preparation for the May 7 conclave.

As the College of Cardinals continues to discuss the church's most pressing issues before the conclave, the Pontifical ...