Meanwhile, Trump allies shrugged off the controversy. Far-right commentator Jack Posobiec, who is Catholic, dismissed the outrage, saying, “We’ve all been making jokes about the upcoming pope ...

US President Donald Trump posted an AI image of himself as the pope, prompting accusations of poor taste in the Roman ...

The secretive process could have begun as early as Monday, but the cardinals gave themselves extra time to get to know one ...

Right now, everything is secret,’ Madagascar Cardinal Désiré Tsarahazana said. ‘It’s the moment for prayers right now.’ ...

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

Donald Trump's AI-generated 'pope' photo, which went viral on Truth Social, was also shared by the White House's official X ...

Cardinal Raymond Burke, 76, a former archbishop of St. Louis, and Cardinal Joseph Tobin, 72, archbishop of Newark.

Of the small handful of papal contenders, an even smaller subset tends flocks in countries at war. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost joins the conclave Wednesday to pick Pope Francis' successor. His rise in the faith began at a South ...

COMMENTARY: From Rome to the Global South, the cardinals are preparing to elect a new pope — but history shows that the Holy ...

British Cardinal Vincent Nichols provides an insider's view of what's going on these days before the conclave to elect a ...

More cardinals from more countries than ever will gather in the Sistine Chapel starting Wednesday to choose a new pope at a ...