The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

VATICAN CITY — Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican announced that the conclave that will select the next pope will begin on May 7. Pope Francis was ...

Moorhouse, Eleanor Stubbs, Olivia Kemp, Lou Robinson, Patrick Gallagher and Henrik Pettersson, CNN For centuries, the leader of the Catholic Church has been chosen in a highly secretive gathering ...

Cardinals electing Pope Francis's successor will have an easier time than many of their predecessors, who endured spartan ...

A lot of words will be written about the late Pontiff in the coming days. I’d like to offer some as a one-time staffer.

Dignitaries and faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square for Pope Francis' funeral before his burial outside the Vatican.

After signing the Book of Condolences at the Apostolic Nunciature on April 24, Geraldine Byrne Nason, the ambassador of ...

OpEd: As the first pope from South America, Pope Francis advocated for the vulnerable and against the horrors of war.

Across 12 eventful years, the reign of Pope Francis saw no shortage of resonant images. One thinks of him standing all alone ...