There could be some high-profile athletes joining the crowds in St. Peter’s Square over the coming days to keep track of the ...

Giovanni Maria Vian predicts a long Conclave but believes Pope Francis’s successor will be European: “If I were a cardinal, I would vote for Arborelius.” ...

Pope Francis died on April 21, triggering a call for the 133 cardinal electors to gather in the Sistine Chapel to select the new leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. With representatives from ...

The days when European monarchs could veto papal candidates may be long gone, but campaigns to smear cardinals and ...