133 cardinals from 70 countries will be isolated from the outside world, opening the most geographically diverse conclave in the Catholic Church's 2,000-year history. View on euronews ...

New Cardinal Virgilio Do Carmo Da Silva receives the red three-cornered biretta hat from Pope Francis during a consistory inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Aug. 27, 2022. (AP Photo ...

The collective influence of the cardinals shapes Catholic doctrine, global church policy, and diplomacy—which often positions them as intermediaries between the Vatican, national governments ...

Pope Leo will announce reforms to the Roman Curia in the autumn, Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Vincent Nichols has ...

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.

Both in the book and the 2024 movie, the 200-plus College of Cardinals gathered at the Vatican after the death of the pope to elect who would lead the world's roughly 1.4 billion Catholics.

The Vatican on Monday set the date for the Papal conclave amid some drama over whether a convicted cardinal will be able to attend. Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV ...

VATICAN CITY — When Pope Francis looked out into the sea of red silk sitting before him in St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday, he saw a more diverse College of Cardinals than had ever been ...

Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan arrives for a college of cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Monday, April 28, 2025. Credit: AP/Gregorio Borgia ...

VATICAN CITY — As of the first month of 2021, the College of Cardinals is composed of 229 members, 128 of whom are under the age of 80, and therefore eligible to vote for the next pope in a ...