What happens during the interregnum period? Tom Reese, S.J., explains the time between one pope's death and the succession of ...

The 135 cardinals eligible to elect the next pope will enter the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave May 7, the Vatican ...

Mourning of the late Pope Francis continued in Japan on Monday, with people paying their respects in front of a ...

Cardinals will gather for the papal conclave starting on May 7, Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said Monday.

Ten U.S. cardinals are among those who will gather in Rome to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died Monday.

VATICAN CITY (TNND) — Cardinals will start conclave on May 7 and begin the process of electing a new leader in the Catholic ...

The Vatican’s cardinals’ assembly, known as the General Congregation, has chosen May 7 as the starting date for the highly ...

In the days since his death, Pope Francis has been called a reformer, outsider, influencer and modernizer. He was all of these things. But he was also the steward of the oldest institution in the ...

Catholic cardinals agreed on Monday to begin a conclave on May 7 to elect a new pope, and highlighted clerical sexual abuse ...

Pope Francis appointed a significant number of cardinals from the Global South. Among the 135 cardinals currently eligible to ...

The Holy See Press Office announced on Monday that the conclave to elect a new Pope will begin on May 7. “The Cardinals ...

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful of the world ...