Cardinal Becciu has left the conclave, which convenes on May 7, as front-runners emerge to succeed Pope Francis.

But Trump did plug another dark-horse candidate who would also make history as the first American Pope. While he said he has ...

About 7.5 million viewers tuned in to watch Day 3 of the NFL Draft over the weekend, against 3.8 million who watched Pope Francis' funeral in the Vatican.

The developments come amid real questions about how prominent the abuse scandal is featuring in the discussions about finding ...

Here's everything you need to know about a conclave, the secret, centuries-old process used to select a new pope.

The face of Brother Juan of the Community of the Lamb went viral last week in a video recalling an emotion-laden moment with Pope Francis in Rome.

Asia’s front-runner for the papacy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines is a charismatic moderate often dubbed the ...

Pope Francis called on all of us to bring mercy, dignity and humanity to our criminal legal systems. This commentary is by Tom Dalton of Essex Junction, executive director of Vermonters for Criminal ...

During a light-hearted exchange with reporters, President Donald Trump joked that becoming the next pope would be his "number one choice" as he departed the White House for a rally in Michigan marking ...

Millions around the world tuned in to watch as Pope Francis was laid to rest on 26 April, with 400,000 mourners alone paying ...

The 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis lasted just two days, making it one of the shortest in modern history.

The head of Pope Francis’s medical team has revealed new details about the pontiff’s final moments.The 88-year-old died ...