There was a New York City “kingmaker” in the papal conclave. New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan played a decisive role in paving the way for Pope Leo XIV to become the first American pontiff, Italian ...

ROME (AP) — Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking the same spirit to his first conclave that’s guided his decades-long front-line ministry among the migrants, poor and Indigenous people in Guatemala’s ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from participating in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope for ...

A disgraced US cardinal accused of covering up a clerical child sex abuse scandal was chosen to help seal Pope Francis’ casket and entomb his remains for his burial. Cardinal Roger Mahony, 89, the ...

The cardinal electors of the Catholic Church elected an American on Thursday to serve as the new pope. Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of ...

A US cardinal accused of mismanaging clerical sexual abuse has been listed as playing an official role in the ceremonies to close Pope Francis’ coffin and for his burial. Cardinal Roger Mahony, the ...

A possible contender for the papacy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi has worked with the needy and the disenfranchised, even as he participated in peace talks around the world. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting ...

Pope Francis shakes hands with Cardinal-designate Pablo Virgilio Siongco David, Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines, during the second session of the synod on synodality in the Paul VI Audience Hall at ...