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.

From priest to pope—will his missionary past define him as the leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, or will Pope Leo become ...

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

The pope named French Archbishop Verny as new president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, replacing ...

Camerlengo: between the death or resignation of a pope and the election of his successor, the cardinal camerlengo takes over day to day running of the Vatican. Currently Dublin-born Kevin Farrell, ...

The College of Cardinals have begun to gather in Rome to finalize funeral details for Pope Francis, and eventually the conclave where a successor will be chosen. Overseeing it all, is the Camerlengo, ...

Pope Leo XIV on July 3 appointed two prominent cardinals, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, and ...