According to the Holy See, 71 countries have elector cardinals. There are 17 American cardinals, but only 10 are eligible to ...

Meet the Irish-American Camerlengo and Italian dean who are in charge of administering the Church during this interim period.

Here are some of the key words and phrases that will be used throughout the interregnum, especially the conclave to elect the ...

An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...

After Pope Francis’s death at the age of 88, the process of electing the next pontiff will begin. Cardinal electors, the vast ...

A Catholic scholar explains every step of the conclave process that will determine the successor to the late Pope Francis.

Following the death of Pope Francis, a cardinal from the United States has become acting head of the Vatican until a new ...

He grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Dublin, and now Kevin Farrell is set to preside over the election of the new ...

Pope Francis himself helped rewrite the funeral rituals after the death of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI.

How is a new Pope chosen? The new Pope is elected by the College of Cardinals. At present, there are 252 cardinals from ...