Currently, 135 cardinals are aged under 80 and thus eligible under Church law to enter a conclave to elect a pope after ...

Pope Francis died on Monday at the age of 88, just a day after making a much-anticipated appearance at Saint Peter's Sq ...

Potential successors to Pope Francis are Ghana’s Peter Turkson, Luis Tagle of the Philippines and Hungary’s Peter Erdo.

With Pope Francis' death, a conclave is likely to take place in the Sistine Chapel of Vatican where the 253 cardinals from around the world will participate.