An Italian cardinal who was convicted of embezzlement and fraud said on Tuesday he will not take part in the secret conclave ...

The Cardinal of Baghdad, Louis Raphael Sako, told journalists at the Vatican on Tuesday that he expects a "short conclave." ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” ...

When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected in 2013 as Pope Francis, he was a near total Vatican outsider. He had never been a ...

The promotion of conservative candidates from some corners started almost immediately after Francis’s death was announced.

The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from ...

A cardinal convicted of financial crimes by the Vatican said he will not take part in the secret conclave to elect the new ...