As Catholic cardinals gather for a conclave to elect the next pope, we must all ask: Why are they all wearing red yarmulkes?

The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has died. We take a look at his legacy and how the church will choose the next ...

Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor, delaying the secret voting for two days so they can get to know one anot ...

Cardinals from around the world will meet under Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect a new leader ...

A Holy Mass Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice or for the election fo the Roman Pontiff will be held at the St. Peter's Basilica ...

As a young priest, the Verbite was a missionary in rural Ghana. Archbishop of Tokyo since 2017, he was elected president of ...

Born into a mixed family with a Catholic father and a Hindu mother, he experienced firsthand and from an early age the ...

FILE - Cardinals hold the red three-cornered biretta hats before a consistory inside the St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File ...

Those in the Latin Church will don a “red robe with sash, rochet, mozzetta, pectoral cross with red and gold cord, ring, zucchetto (cap) and biretta”, while those in the Eastern Church wear ...