VATICAN CITY (AP) — A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” (with a key) to underscore that cardinals are sequestered until they find a ...

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

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

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

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

Whoever succeeds Pope Francis to become the Catholic Church's 267th pope, his first major decision will be to choose his ...

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

It was one of the nun’s traits, aside from her work for racial equality, that Pope Francis saw as worthy of sainthood.

Building on years of appeals from Native people to Francis, the Vatican formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery,” the legal theories backed by 15th-century papal bulls decrees that legitimized ...

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 ...

The conclave to elect a new Pope will begin at the Vatican on May 7, 2025. The world is expected to know the name of the new Pope that day or later.