Even though cardinals don't campaign for the job, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the next pope.

Francis suffered from chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, was admitted to a hospital on Feb ...

As the Catholic Church charts its third millennium, the synod symbolizes its attempts to discern the path ahead. Francis sought balance between tradition and innovation, the local and the universal.

Here are some cardinals who are being talked about as “papabili” to succeed Pope Francis, whose death at the age of 88 was ...

Francis, who suffered from chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, was admitted to Gemelli ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Predict who the next pope will be at your peril. An old Italian saying warns against putting faith, ...

Some cardinals who are being talked about as "papabili" to succeed Pope Francis, whose death at the age of 88 was announced ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was first elected as the 266th pope on March 13, 2013, becoming the first Latin American pope.