Pope Francis, originally Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was born in Buenos Aires in 1936 to Italian immigrant parents. Before ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the Catholic Church begins the sacred process of electing a new pontiff. As the world awaits the outcome, Johannesburg prepares to pay tribute with a special ...

Nigeria's Peter Cardinal Okpaleke and other 17 Africans are among the 135 cardinals eligible to elect the next new Pope.

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Francis was elected Pope in 2013 after his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI became the first Pope to ...

Following the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, the Catholic Church is preparing for a conclave to elect his successor. While the process remains confidential, several cardinals are widely ...

Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has a 26 per cent chance of becoming the next pope, according to prediction markets.

Understanding the politics of the cardinals—and how Francis may have influenced the election of his successor.

The rules of the conclave are to cast one ballot the first evening to gauge initial preferences, without expecting anyone to ...

Despite having the world's fastest-growing Catholic population, odds are against Africa producing the next pontiff.

For centuries, the role has gone to a member of the College of Cardinals – and almost always to an Italian. Might we soon ...

Even as the more than 1.4 billion Roman Catholics around the world continue to mourn Pope Francis, speculation is building as ...

Following the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88 on Monday, the selection process to elect the 267th pontiff will soon ...