Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cardinal Dominique Mamberti announced the news on Thursday, May 8. Pope Francis died on April 21 at his residence in the Vatican’s ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It implies the sacred and secretive process is no popularity contest or ...

Ten U.S. cardinals are among those who will gather in Rome to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died Monday.

Cardinal Robert Prevost has become the Catholic Church’s new pope. His election was announced by the Vatican on Thursday afternoon, with the newly elected pope stepping out to address those gathered ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected the 267th pope. On Thursday, he stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica as the new leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago's Cardinal Blase Cupich has been given a major new role in the Catholic Church. The Vatican announced Friday that Cardinal Cupich will be responsible for the planning of an ...

In a wide-ranging interview with an Italian paper, Card. Camillo Ruini offered a forthright assessment of the Francis pontificate and flatly called Benedict XVI’s decision to resign “a mistake.” ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has named Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory as one of 13 new cardinals. Gregory will become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red hat. In a surprise ...