Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu had been tipped to be the next Pope before his dramatic fall from grace in 2020 when ...

An Italian cardinal who was convicted of embezzlement and fraud said on Tuesday he will not take part in the secret conclave ...

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

The Cardinal of Baghdad, Louis Raphael Sako, told journalists at the Vatican on Tuesday that he expects a "short conclave." ...

Irish rap band Kneecap apologised on Tuesday to the families of two murdered British lawmakers after footage emerged of one of the trio appearing to say "Kill your local MP" during a performance in ...

When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected in 2013 as Pope Francis, he was a near total Vatican outsider. He had never been a ...

Brazil's central bank said on Tuesday that credit to households continued to accelerate in the second half of 2024, ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” ...

The promotion of conservative candidates from some corners started almost immediately after Francis’s death was announced.

Becciu was sentenced to nearly five years in prison after a Vatican criminal court found him guilty of fraud and embezzlement ...

Whoever succeeds Pope Francis will inherit his momentous and controversial legacy of relations with Indigenous people ...

In preparation for the upcoming conclave on May 7, Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has been named among the cardinals ...