Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi arrives for a college of cardinals’ meeting at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP ...

The camerlengo will oversee the transition into the new papacy, including preparing the conclave that will select the next ...

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

Although Pope Francis simplified the papal funeral rites in a move of typical modesty, Saturday’s ceremony will still be full ...

Cardinals could pick a progressive pope ready to build off the changes Francis brought to the church or a conservative who ...

Shame on him for participating in the public rite for Pope Francis, and shame on the College of Cardinals for allowing him to do so.” ...

The outcome of the conclave process to select the next pope is “totally unpredictable,” a Vatican expert has said, adding ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who was convicted of financial crimes by the Vatican in 2023, is insisting that he can participate in ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.

UK theologian Professor Anna Rowlands said the timing of the star-studded Conclave film, released late last year, ‘couldn’t ...

This is the closed-door meeting of the cardinal electors to choose the new pope in the Sistine Chapel. Its name, literally ...