There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the ...

After participating in the solemn procession on April 23 that moved the body of Pope Francis from his private Vatican City residence to St. Peter’s Basilica, Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop ...

Archbishop Caccia pointed to Pope Francis’ very first encyclical — issued in 2013 not long after his election as the 266th ...

The Catholic cardinals have scheduled the conclave to choose the successor to Pope Francis for May 7, deciding to delay the ...