Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass on Friday, a day after his historic election as the first U.S.-born pope in the ...

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.” That means they possess the ...

Both of the most recent conclaves, in 2005 to elect Pope Benedict and 2013 to elect Pope Francis lasted just two days. This ...

Still, there are always front-runners, known as "papabile," who have at least some of the qualities considered necessary to be pope - much like those depicted in last year's Oscar-nominated film ...

In a sign of his progressive leanings, Zuppi wrote the introduction to the Italian edition of “Building a Bridge,” by the ... the archbishop of Munich and Freising — one of Germany’s ...

AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File Marx, 71, the archbishop of Munich and Freising, was chosen by Francis ... to the Italian edition of "Building a Bridge," by the Rev. James Martin, an American ...