For most of the Catholic Church's first millennium, popes used their given names. The first exception was the 6th century ...

Who is Pietro Parolin? The longtime Vatican diplomat who could be the next pope - Pietro Parolin has been the Vatican's ...

The next pope is unlikely to hail from the U.S., but here are three possible outliers who could be a factor when the College of Cardinals convenes on Wednesday.

The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That’s more than any ...

Starting Wednesday, the Roman Catholic College of Cardinals will gather inside the Sistine Chapel to begin choosing the next pope.

Cardinals for the Roman Catholic Church are in Rome ahead of the papal conclave. Here's when it starts and how to keep up with the latest.

The 133 cardinal electors will begin the process of choosing the new pope when the conclave begins in the Sistine Chapel on ...

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In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ever, with 108 of them being appointed by Pope ...

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

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