The cardinals -- at least, those under 80 years old -- vote for as long as it takes to elect Pope Francis' successor.

Pope Francis' death set off a series of traditions that culminates in a vote for his successor. Here are some of the possible ...

As about 135 cardinals prepare to elect the next pope, thousands of Italians are already doing the same in an online game.

As many as 200,000 people are expected to attend Pope Francis' funeral in St. Peter’s Square as he is being laid to rest ...

Asia's front-runner for the papacy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines is a charismatic moderate often dubbed the ...

Cardinal Luis Tagle of the Philippines is known as the “Asian Francis.” But he has been criticized for not being vocal enough ...

Filipino faithful prayed the rosary inside a Manila church on Saturday as the funeral of Pope Francis played overhead on ...

He will be the first pope to be buried outside of the Vatican in more than a century. Francis chose that site because he ...

Filipinos continue to pay their last respects to the late Pope Francis as they lined up at the Embassy of the Holy ...

With betting on the next pope frowned upon in the home of the Vatican, thousands of Italians have instead taken to playing ...