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At last count there were 252 cardinals, of whom 141 were eligible to vote in a papal conclave (though there is no definitive ...
An Ohio native is among the Catholic Church cardinals who will choose a new pope. The funeral for Pope Francis, who died ...
In order to avoid continued outside interference, Pope Gregory X in the 13th century adopted a new procedure: the conclave. Cardinals would remain in a locked location – from the Latin cum clave, ...
The demise of Pope Francis has set in motion the process of electing a new one in what is known as a conclave. This event ...
Cardinals are high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church whose main duties include advising, governing the Roman Curia, ...
Pope Francis’ death fires the gun on what many see as a battle for the soul of the church – pitting those who want to ...
A new light is being shed on the clerical abuse scandal which has been plaguing the Church for decades when news came out ...
Anyone trying to handicap the outcome should remember that Jorge Mario Bergoglio was considered too old to be elected pope in ...