The conclave to select the new pontiff will contain an unusually large number of British cardinals, three of whom are outside contenders for the top job itself. Catherine Pepinster reveals how they mi ...

Pope Francis’ death fires the gun on what many see as a battle for the soul of the church – pitting those who want to ...

Specifically, he threw out the old, unwritten rulebook that bishops of certain dioceses (several of them in Italy) would ...

Several Black cardinals have emerged as frontrunners to become the next pope. Due to reforms by Pope Francis, the field of ...

He who enters the conclave as pope, leaves it as a cardinal.” In other words, any candidate seen as the frontrunner before ...