Is there really a U.S. delegation of cardinals, a team that would wear the same jersey? Do these players feel like teammates?

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 ...

African outreach was among Pope Francis' legacies, observers say, with numerous visits and a message of mercy inspiring ...

The cardinals who enter the Sistine Chapel use smoke signals to let the outside world know when a new pope has been chosen.

There has never been an American pope, but Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost could change that. He is on some lists of possible ...

The media have never had so much influence on the men who pick the pope.

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings Tuesday, trying to identify a possible new pope who could ...

Here’s a look at some of the leading papal contenders, with the proviso that favorites don’t typically end up getting the nod ...

The secret election appears wide open but here are some of the names, in alphabetical order, being talked about as possible ...

What the world’s Indigenous Catholics don’t want to lose with the death of the first pontiff from the Southern Hemisphere: ...

As the College of Cardinals prepare to vote on a new pope this week, conservative U.S. Catholics are trying to woo them with ...