Many cardinals cited the desire to continue Francis’ pastoral focus on people who are marginalized and against war.

The cardinals present in Rome have agreed to begin the conclave on May 7th, 2025. They made the decision at the Fifth General Congregation, held on Monday morning in the Vatican’s Synod Hall. The ...

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor, delaying the ...

The decision was made during a closed-door meeting of the College of Cardinals and announced at a media briefing at the ...

As "Conclave" shows, the pope's signet ring, called Ring of the Fisherman, is destroyed after his death to signify the papal ...