Names have started to float around. A strong contender is Louis Antonio Tagle, 65, a close ally of Pope Francis and a progressive. If chosen, the Filipino would become the first Asian pontiff.

The death of Pope Francis has set in motion a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths, performed by the cardinals who will elect his successor. The process of electing a new Pope is shrouded ...

His chances of being elected depend very much on if the allies of Pope Francis fall in behind him early, if not he could miss out to one of Cardinals Tagle, Zuppi, López Romero, Grech or, a late ...

Pope Francis appointed Cupich the archbishop of Chicago in 2014 and named him a cardinal two years later. Daniel Nicholas DiNardo DiNardo, 75, of Steubenville, Ohio, became a priest in 1977.

Pope Leo XIV has written a warm and detailed letter to Cardinal Raymond Burke, thanking the American cardinal for 50 years of ...

The Argentine priest whom Pope Francis held up as the model confessor has died in Buenos Aires at age 98 ROME -- Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, the Argentine priest whom Pope Francis held up as the model ...