Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

Ahead of the 2013 conclave to replace Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan was tipped to restore the papal hat ...

Pope Francis chose 149 of the current members of the college, most of whom will help choose his successor as cardinal ...

"Conclave" tells the story of Cardinal Thomas Lawrence, dean of the College of Cardinals, played by actor Ralph Fiennes. Lawrence is tasked with leading a papal election or conclave after the pope ...

Strickland, a former bishop, said he worried a pope similar to Francis would deepen the rift between the U.S. and the Vatican.

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

Over-80 cardinals, who cannot vote in the conclave, are lashing out at the Francis papacy, calling for change of course.

The 2024 film Conclave - a box office hit and Oscar winner - tells the story of a papal election in which there are no ...

The project will highlight scripted short films from international communities along with snippets of a conversation between ...

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.” That means they possess the ...

He promoted a simple liturgy, reinforcing Vatican II reforms for a more inclusive and accessible celebration of the Mass ...

At first, these seemed to be the inevitable concomitants of an elderly pope governing in an era of social media that he could ...