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

Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor, delaying the ...

It's time for papal predictions, but prediction markets and AI models aren't landing on the same name. Who's accurately ...

The attention of the church now turns decisively to the question of Francis’ successor and the preparations for the conclave ...

The conclave typically begins 15 to 20 days after a papal vacancy occurs, and while some last only days, the longest has ...

On Monday, USA TODAY Sports released its annual way-too-early college football Top 25 rankings following the conclusion of ...

What happens during the interregnum period? Tom Reese, S.J., explains the time between one pope's death and the succession of ...

The over-80 cardinals can be part of the preconclave meetings called general congregations. Those are daily meetings in which ...

The dispute over his eligibility to vote threatened to undermine the integrity and legitimacy of the conclave.

According to the Holy See, over 100 cardinal electors participated and renewed their oath of secrecy prescribed by the ...