As the conclave to elect the next pope begins Wednesday at the Vatican, four candidates have emerged as clear ...

An antipope is a person who makes a competing claim to the papacy, in opposition to the legitimately elected pope.

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As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals will begin the secretive process known as a conclave.

The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church.

G.K. Chesterton wrote of St. Francis of Assisi, “But after all, this man was a man and not half a dozen men. What seems ...

But the first thing I’d look for is a disciple, a believer in Jesus, and who has the capacity to proclaim the Resurrection in ...

According to Universi Dominici Gregis, the apostolic constitution regulating the “sede vacante,” the College of Cardinals ...

Trump claims he “had nothing to do with” a depiction of himself as the Pope that was shared on his and White House social ...

The 2024 movie is proving a useful primer for clerics about to take part in the real thing to choose the next pope.

DeBernardo, in an statement issued Tuesday, said some cardinals have been vocal in their opposition to Francis' leadership of ...

Sweden's first cardinal, Anders Arborelius, is a convert to Catholicism in the overwhelmingly Protestant Scandinavian country ...