He who enters the conclave as pope, leaves it as a cardinal.” In other words, any candidate seen as the frontrunner before ...

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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect ...

The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to elect the next pope after the ...

As cardinals meet in Rome ahead of a conclave to elect the next pope, a Peruvian cardinal accused of sexual abuse and whose ...

By Philip Pullella, Joshua McElwee and Crispian Balmer VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Roman Catholic cardinals will begin their ...

The conclave — where cardinals worldwide converge in Vatican City to elect a new pontiff, following Pope Francis' death ...