Cardinals respond to Becciu's withdrawal from the 2025 conclave as frontrunners emerge to succeed Pope Francis.

As the Catholic Church moves towards selecting its next leader, global attention focuses on potential candidates.

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.” That means they possess the ...

As Catholic cardinals meet to choose a new pope, they will face a big question: Is it time, after three consecutive ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state since early in the pontificate of Pope Francis, has long been near the top of pundits' lists of potential successors to the Ar ...

As the Catholic Church moves towards selecting its next leader, global attention focuses on potential candidates.

In a pre-conclave meeting, an Italian cardinal, and backer of Cardinal Parolin as next pope, attacked Pope Francis for ...

Over-80 cardinals, who cannot vote in the conclave, are lashing out at the Francis papacy, calling for change of course.

In 2005, after the death of Pope John Paul II, a group of cardinals met at a restaurant in Rome, and lobbied for German ...

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu has chosen to withdraw as a candidate for the new pope in the Papal Conclave on May 7, 2025 ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Cardinal Peter Turkson and Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, have become the four leading contenders to become the next pope, according to crypto-powered ...

Here is a selection of possible contenders, in no particular order. The list will be updated as cardinals continue their ...