Tagle, 67, is on many bookmakers’ lists to be the first Asian pope, a choice that would acknowledge a part of the world where ...

The red robes are worn by all 133 cardinals deliberating who will replace Pope Francis. The original reason cardinals started wearing red is disputed, but the hue is often said to represent the blood ...

While the cardinals are known to wear their scarlet red attire, some individuals involved in conclave proceedings were seen ...

The cardinals will participate in four rounds of voting every day until a candidate achieves a two-thirds majority. The ...

The Vatican conclave will continue on Thursday with more voting. A two-thirds majority of the 133 cardinals is required to select a new leader for the world’s 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

Sede Vacante, the Latin term meaning “the see being vacant,” is used when the pope—the successor of St. Peter—has passed away ...

Whoever succeeds Pope Francis will inherit his momentous and controversial legacy of relations with Indigenous people ...

India-West News DeskNEW DELHI — The world is in mourning as Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman ...

A Filipino man has identified a cardinal of the Catholic church whose election as the next pontiff would send Filipinos into a frenzyProminent cardinals like Pietro Parolin, Peter Erdö, and Luis ...

Pope Francis has been buried in Rome after a funeral ceremony and procession attended by hundreds of thousands of people ...

Pope Francis, 88, died Monday morning at the Vatican. A picture shows a Catholic cardinal sealing Pope Francis' residence ...

VATICAN CITY — The Roman Catholic Church bid farewell to the first New World pope Saturday in a funeral attended by monarchs, ...