The cardinals set the date after arriving for the first day of informal meetings following Pope Francis’ funeral Saturday.

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

Catholic cardinals will assemble for the election of the next leader of the church on May 7, after the funeral of Pope ...

The Vatican’s cardinals’ assembly, known as the General Congregation, has chosen May 7 as the starting date for the highly ...

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The date was decided two days after the funeral of Pope Francis, who died on April 21 aged 88. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A theme of early meetings is the tension between diversity and unity, which have become shorthand for cardinals to signal ...

A total of 135 cardinals from across the world, all below the age of 80, are eligible to take part in the secret vote.

The Vatican has announced when the conclave to elect the 267th Pope will begin following the death of Pope Francis. Funeral ...

Catholic cardinals will meet on May 7 to start voting for a new pope, the Vatican announced on Monday, a week after the death ...