Here is a selection of possible contenders, in no particular order. The list will be updated as cardinals continue their ...

Follow here for live updates of the latest news and information on the papal transition: Cardinal Gerhard Müller calls for a deeper, faith-driven approach to overcome factionalism as cardinals prepare ...

He promoted a simple liturgy, reinforcing Vatican II reforms for a more inclusive and accessible celebration of the Mass ...

New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond is the leader of approximately half a million Catholics in the second-oldest diocese in ...

It felt like a celebration of a life well lived, people knew he had done what he was called to do,” said Father Leon Biernat of St. Gregory the Great Parish.

Known by his peers as a serious theologian, scholar and educator, Erdő, 72, is a leading contender among conservatives. He ...

Pope Francis saw priests’ embrace of the trappings of power as a “cancer” corroding the Roman Catholic Church, according to a best-selling Spanish author who travelled to Mongolia with the pontiff.

In closed-door sessions called congregations, cardinals have given 70 speeches to their brethren. The conclave is likely to ...

The story of the Rev. Hilarion Alfeyev captures how a once robust effort to bring Russian Orthodox Christianity and the ...

The next leader of the global Catholic Church needs to put the issue of clerical sex abuse at the heart of their papacy, ...

The group End Clergy Abuse issued an open letter Wednesday to the cardinals who are meeting informally this week before the ...

Survivors of clerical abuse, experts in child protection and victim advocacy groups have collectively decried the presence of ...