VATICAN CITY – An Italian cardinal who was convicted of embezzlement and fraud said on April 29 he will not take part in the secret conclave to elect the new pope that will be held beginning on May 7 ...

Cardinals rank just below the pope, and those who belong to the powerful College of Cardinals are tasked with electing a new pontiff in the centuries-old conclave. It leads to the election of a pope ...

For decades, the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests was covered up by the Church. But cardinals on Monday listed it ...