The Vatican specialist Richard Raho suggests that the new pope might be a cardinal from Africa. Among the potential ...

As world leaders gather in Rome for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, many Catholics are wondering if the church could soon elect its first black pope. With Africa home to one in five Catholics, the ...

Red-hatted cardinals were expected to pick a date Monday for the conclave to elect a new leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...

Here's a closer look at the names generating the most buzz..Next pope, possible candidates, papal conclave, papabili ...

The Catholic Church has historically opposed betting on papal elections, even declaring it an excommunicable offense in 1591. This law was later repealed in 1918. In 2005, David Power, a leading ...

As the world mourns the passing of Pope Francis, the first pope from the Americas and the first Jesuit to lead the Roman ...

Pope Francis smashed the stereotypical profile for a pontiff, becoming the Catholic Church's first leader from the Americas ...

As the world mourns the passing of Pope Francis, the first pope from the Americas and the first Jesuit to lead the Roman Catholic Church, a conversation that has long simmered within the global Cathol ...

A conclave is a secret meeting where Catholic cardinals gather to elect a new pope. Out of a total of 252 cardinals, only 135 ...

If the sole predictor of who would become the next pope was where the Catholic Church is growing fastest, then it is almost ...