Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is ...

Father Wu Jianlin, vicar general of Shanghai, was chosen to be the city’s new auxiliary bishop, while Father Li Jianlin was ...

Pope Francis chose 149 of the current members of the college, most of whom will help choose his successor as cardinal ...

As Catholic cardinals meet to choose a new pope, they will face a big question: Is it time, after three consecutive ...

Over-80 cardinals, who cannot vote in the conclave, are lashing out at the Francis papacy, calling for change of course.

Pope Francis’s financial reforms cleaned up Vatican institutions but failed to fix its deficits and underfunded pension ...

COMMENTARY: Drawing on the best of the Francis papacy, our next pope needs to be an ‘Evangelii Gaudium’ pope, not a ...

"The first challenge for the next pope, as for any pope, is to be a vital, credible, compelling witness to Jesus Christ in ...

The conclave that begins next Wednesday to elect a successor for Pope Francis is the first in 46 ½ years for which the ...

With Trump back in the White House, the alt right are attempting a hostile takeover of the group deciding on the next pope.