Pope Francis diversified the College of Cardinals more than any of his predecessors, shifting the balance of power away from ...

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 ...

The Catholic cardinals entering the Conclave tomorrow to elect the new pope do not yet have a clear idea of who will emerge ...

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

The 132 cardinals tasked with selecting the next pope are all in Rome, with the conclave set to begin on Wednesday. Here's ...

Though Francis didn’t make major changes to the conclave, his outreach to what he called “peripheries’’ leaves an imprint that will be felt this week.

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

Fr. Kyle Doustou, a pastor in Old Town and soon to be Vicar General for the Diocese of Portland, sat down with Maine's Total ...