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Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?
Pope Francis chose 149 of the current members of the college, most of whom will help choose his successor as cardinal ...
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago, has spent the bulk of his career outside the United States. Supporters ...
Cardinals are high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church whose main duties include advising, governing the Roman Curia, ...
The unprecedented number of 133 cardinal electors surpasses all previous papal conclaves, breaking the previous record of 115 electors in the 2005 and 2013 elections.
The selection of a new pope and how the process works is daily task for St. Peter's School's students and teachers.
Ahead of the 2013 conclave to replace Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan was tipped to restore the papal hat ...
If Roman Catholic cardinals have not picked a new pope by day three of next week's conclave, then things are not going to ...