The prayer book is the "Ordo Rituum Conclavis" ("Rites of the Conclave"), which was approved by St. John Paul II in 1998, but ...

Pope Francis passed away at age 88 on Monday, April 21, just after he celebrated Easter with thousands of other Catholics in ...

Fantapapa: The fantasy football-inspired game Italians are playing to pick the next Pope - They’re creating a squad of 11 ...

America’s editors on the ground in Rome discuss the latest conclave news and the work that remain for whoever is elected as Pope Francis’ successor.

Much of what you hear about who the next pope will be, spoken with enormous confidence by people in the know, is often ...

Because the conclave drama is already starting. Cardinal Angelo Becciu will no longer be voting in the upcoming election for ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Cardinal Peter Turkson and Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, have become the four leading contenders to become the next pope, according to crypto-powered ...

Known by his peers as a serious theologian, scholar and educator, Erdő, 72, is a leading contender among conservatives. He ...

All eyes have turned toward the upcoming papal conclave on May 7 where 138 cardinals from across the world will be electing ...

In one of his last writings before his death, Pope Francis talked about the sanctity and complexities of marriage. During his ...

Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu's decision to withdraw from the upcoming conclave to elect a successor to the late Pope ...