A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” (with a key) to ...

The cardinal, who was convicted of embezzlement in 2023 by a Vatican court of first instance, decided not to attend the ...

America Challenges Europe’s Climate Plans with Its Own Energy Vision ...

The Vatican said that Francis had stripped a convicted cardinal, Angelo Becciu, of his right to vote for the next pope.

The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from ...

Building on years of appeals from Native people to Francis, the Vatican formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery,” the legal theories backed by 15th-century papal bulls decrees that legitimized ...

A cardinal convicted of financial crimes by the Vatican said he will not take part in the secret conclave to elect the new ...

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

An Italian cardinal who was convicted of embezzlement and fraud said on Tuesday he will not take part in the secret conclave ...

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

Pope Francis, the pontiff who challenged tradition, leaves the Catholic Church at a crossroad to choose his successor ...