Cardinals don’t campaign to be the next pope, but there are always those among them that are considered favorites or ...

How many popes have there been? Has anyone ever refused the office? For an institution that has existed for nearly 2,000 ...

At last count there were 252 cardinals, of whom 141 were eligible to vote in a papal conclave (though there is no definitive ...

When the cardinals gather in Rome to elect Pope Francis’s successor, two issues will weigh on their decision: the Catholic ...

Peter was the first pontiff of the Catholic church, and several popes have been considered "great" in the interim.