Who is Cardinal Kevin Farrell? The acting head of the Vatican who will orchestrate Pope Francis’s successor - Cardinal Kevin ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, an Irish-American cardinal is playing a leading role in overseeing Vatican affairs until ...

In the lead-up to every presidential election, political pundits spend months analyzing the tiniest nuances of the voting population to see whether demographics might provide a clue about the outcome.

Who is in line to be the next pope following Pope Francis' death? Here are some frontrunners to know before cardinals select ...

Weeks after a lengthy hospital stay, Pope Francis died at 88 on Easter Monday. Now the search for a new pope begins. Has an American ever been pope?

Pope Francis, the first pope from the Americas, has died at the age of 88 on Monday. He became leader of the Catholic Church in 2013 after Pope Benedict XVI resigned. As the camerlengo of the Holy ...

In his role as camerlengo, Cardinal Kevin Farrell is responsible for confirming the pope's death and conducting rituals such as sealing the papal apartment.

The conclave to select a new pope will be sharply different from the body that chose Francis in 2013. Experts say that could ...

Any baptized Roman Catholic male can be elected pope, including archbishops like Boston's current Archbishop Richard Henning ...

And according to an analysis by Religion News Service, as of April 21, of the 135 members of the College of Cardinals ...

As depicted in the film “Conclave,” the dean plays an important role in the life of the Catholic hierarchy, a point of ...

At last count there were 252 cardinals, of whom 141 were eligible to vote in a papal conclave (though there is no definitive ...