Cardinal Blase Cupich led the delegation of North American Cardinals as they boarded buses bound for sequestered quarters at ...

Who Leads the Catholic Church Between Popes?Several names have emerged from this week’s consultations in the Vatican as ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

The chances the cardinals would agree on a new leader in their first vote were vanishingly remote, so today’s result reveals ...

The College of Cardinals began meeting Wednesday to vote in a papal conclave -- a secret ballot where two-thirds majority is ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

Francis’ successor will be selected by cardinals at the conclave that began on May 7. Cardinals, known as the “princes of the ...

Now that the 133 cardinal electors are ensconced in the SIstine Chapel to elect a successor to Pope Francis, some potential ...

Conclave: The private meeting of Roman Catholic cardinals who vote to elect a new pope. The term comes from the Latin “cum clave” or “with a key,” referring to the fact that the cardinals are locked ...

Catholic Church approaches pivotal conclave with 3 African cardinals among leading pope candidates, reflecting shifting ...

Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of the direction the Roman ...

None of the 266 popes in history have been from America. But ten Americans are eligible to vote in the conclave to select the ...