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

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

An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...

Technically, any baptized Roman Catholic male can be elected pope, including archbishops from the United States, like ...

Some deans have even been chosen as pope, including Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who became Pope Benedict XVI in 2005. The current dean, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, is 91. Because of his age ...

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.

Pope Francis had appointed Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell as the Camerlengo on February 14, 2019. The main role of the Camerlengo is to manage the Vatican's day-to-day operations when a pope dies or ...

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?

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

like Boston's current Archbishop Richard Henning and former Boston Archbishop, Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley. But, traditionally the pope is selected from the College of Cardinals. Here's a ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, an Irish-American cardinal is playing a leading role in overseeing Vatican affairs until the election of a new pope. Cardinal Kevin Farrell is a key figure in ...