With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...

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 ...

The conclave to pick the next pope following the April 21 death of Pope Francis will begin on Wednesday, May 7, according to ...

The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the ...

The papal conclave will commence in May, when the cardinals will meet at St. Peter's Basilica and pray for the wisdom to select the next pope.

Cardinals of the Catholic Church present in Rome have announced the conclave to elect the 267th Pope will begin in May.

ROME -- The conclave to replace Pope Francis will begin Wednesday, May 7, the Vatican said on Monday.

The decision was made at the Fifth General Congregation, held on Monday morning in the Vatican's Synod Hall. The conclave ...

On Monday — two days after the pope's funeral — the Vatican confirmed that a papal conclave will begin on May 7 to choose his successor. The question now turns to which man — and it will be ...

VATICAN CITY — The conclave to pick the successor to Pope Francis will begin May 7, the Vatican announced Monday, setting the date of the secretive rite inside the Sistine Chapel at a time when ...

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...