Interview. U.S. theologian William Cavanaugh — before the conclave that will take place starting May 7 — weighs in on the ...

Named a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2022, French Archbishop Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille, 66, is a hands-on theologian and ...

Sri Lankan Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith, the 77-year-old archbishop of Colombo, represents a more traditional doctrinal ...

Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, 59, is a celebrated author and intellectual in the Portuguese-speaking world who ...

Inah Canabarro Lucas, a BrazilianTeresian nun believed to be the world’s oldest living person, died April 30, at the age of ...

When the cardinals are gathered in conclave, the world scrutinizes the color of the smoke that comes out of the Sistine ...

Each day, our special correspondents in Rome tell you what is happening at the Vatican during this very special time leading ...

During their daily meeting since the death of Pope Francis, the cardinals gathered in College for their 5th general ...

Major voices of the conclave. Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, a tireless advocate for ethnic and religious minorities in one of the world’s most politically volatile regions, has built a reputation for ...

The cardinals participating in the conclave are forbidden to speak about anything surrounding the ballots during which they must choose the future pope. Yet, this obligation of secrecy is not always ...

Major voices of the conclave. Cardinal Mario Grech, 68, is one of the leading advocates of the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis' effort to reform the governance of the Catholic Church. Thanks largely ...

According to the rules established by St. John Paul II, only cardinals under 80 years old will participate in the vote to ...