There are currently 135 cardinals who are under age 80 and eligible to vote in the conclave, hailing from 71 different ...

As cardinals prepare to meet in a conclave at the Vatican to elect a new pope, Catholic bishops in Cameroon and around Africa ...

As the Catholic Church grows more global, what will become of its historic roots? Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

The Catholic church faces a fundamental question as it prepares to elect a new pope. That is, whether to go back to a monarchical papacy with its pomp and pageantry, or to build on the momentum begun ...

First, those who embrace Pope Francis’ wide-ranging, modernising changes in the Catholic church. The reform-minded pope made ...

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

The African continent is home to one-fifth of the world's Catholics. Many are hoping the next pope will come from their ...

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

Hollywood and the media love intrigue. And the interregnum in the Catholic Church provides much fodder for an institution ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history.

KAMPALA, Uganda — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic ...

The church has never elected an African pope in its modern history. If it did, it would likely indicate a continuing trend of ...