Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the senior Vatican official who announced Pope Francis' death on Monday morning, will serve as the ...

The papal conclave is a centuries-old tradition to elect the next pope of the Roman Catholic church. "There's prayer involved ...

In a historic turn, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost from Chicago will become Pope Leo XIV. He will be the first American to hold the position. The election indicates a continuation of progressive ...

Cardinals from all over the world will gather in conclave on Wednesday to elect a successor to Pope Francis. But what exactly ...

The dean of the Roman Catholic Church’s College of Cardinals is a 91-year-old Italian who has spent most of his career serving in the Roman curia. By Emma Bubola Reporting from Rome Follow our ...

Accepto. With this one simple Latin word – literally, I accept — Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, Chicago native, a priest of ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Roman Curia’s secretary of state, revealed two letters from Francis saying that Cardinal Becciu ...

I become agitated when they say it’s time for an American, it’s time for an African, it’s time for a South Islander. I think ...

Francis’ disposition was pastoral, not administrative. In the Catholic Church, political power is concentrated in the Roman curia—the practically invisible coterie of busybodies, many of them ...

Canon law does not give much specific direction about who can make decisions for the church during the interregnum.