A Filipino man has identified a cardinal of the Catholic church whose election as the ... April 21 In an exclusive chat with Legit.ng, Owerri seminarian, Chime Augustine, examined how Pope Francis' ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — As the Vatican switches gears from saying goodbye to Pope Francis to electing his successor, the status of a once-powerful Italian cardinal and whether he can vote in the May ...

Meanwhile, advocates for sexual abuse victims of the Catholic clergy are criticizing the appointment of a retired US cardinal who has been accused of mishandling abuse cases to a ceremonial role ...

Presiding over the late Pope Francis' funeral on April 26 will be one of his key advisers and the head of cardinal electors tasked with selecting the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

Pope Francis asked us “to be a Church which announces the good news of Christ,” Cardinal Christophe Pierre said on Friday, one of the many fruits of the Holy Spirit’s having selected the ...

Australia’s only cardinal — the world’s youngest — has candidly revealed his thoughts on the formidable task of choosing a new pontiff ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome.

Cardinal Robert Sarah from Guinea in West Africa has been named among the potential successors to Pope Francis and the prospect is sending a jolt through the French establishment. He has accused the ...

Advocates for victims of church abuse have hit out after it emerged a disgraced U.S. cardinal is to help close and seal Pope Francis’ casket ahead of his funeral Saturday. The cardinal was ...

And one candidate is Cardinal Frank (Francis) Leo, the Archbishop of Toronto. The Canadian, 54, took on the role in 2023 and just a year later Pope Francis made the holy man a cardinal.

A few days before the conclave, Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik is not among the most favored names to become the next Pope. However, the South Korean clergyman enjoys a fair amount of popularity ...

MANILA, Philippines — Constitution framer Christian Monsod and Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David have asked the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling allowing commercial fishing within the ...