The conclave to pick the next pope following the April 21 death of Pope Francis will begin on Wednesday, May 7, according to ...

About 130 cardinals will be able to vote on a successor for Francis, and a two-thirds majority is needed to elect the new ...

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

Catholic cardinals will assemble for the election of the next leader of the church on May 7, after the funeral of Pope ...

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

The conclave will begin on May 7, the Vatican said. When the voting cardinals reach a two-thirds majority for a candidate, ...

Cardinals have chosen May 7 as the date to start conclave and elect a new leader for 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, ...

Cardinals will gather for the papal conclave — the centuries-old tradition through which a new head of the Catholic Church is ...

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...

Heavy is the white mitre worn by the pope. Whoever emerges from the coming conclave as the new leader of the ...

The world's Catholic cardinals met on Monday for the first time after the funeral of Pope Francis to discuss a possible date ...