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

“For us, it does not matter whether he is African, white, or Black. What matters is having a good, holy pope who can unite ...

Whispers of a possible African pope are getting louder, and at the centre of the speculation stands Cardinal Peter Turkson, a ...

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

As Catholic cardinals meet to choose a new pope, they will face a big question: Is it time, after three consecutive ...

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

Irish-born Kevin Farrell was entrusted by Pope Francis with running the Holy See and carrying out the rites and rituals that ...

COMMENTARY: Drawing on the best of the Francis papacy, our next pope needs to be an ‘Evangelii Gaudium’ pope, not a ...

Pope Francis’s financial reforms cleaned up Vatican institutions but failed to fix its deficits and underfunded pension ...

"The first challenge for the next pope, as for any pope, is to be a vital, credible, compelling witness to Jesus Christ in ...

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

The conclave that begins next Wednesday to elect a successor for Pope Francis is the first in 46 ½ years for which the ...