Pope Francis on Sunday named 19 new cardinals, 16 of whom will hold voting rights in the conclave that elects the pontiff. The 16 new cardinals under the age of 80 — who can vote in the conclave — ...

Pope Francis named 20 new cardinals, a majority of them from Africa, Asia and Latin America, increasingly key areas as the Roman Catholic Church’s support shifts from its traditional European ...

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney Wednesday evening, indicating that no pope was elected on the conclave’s ...

Pope Leo XIV’s second consistory of his pontificate on May 31 did not include the creation of new cardinals, it has now been confirmed. This is unsurprising, as new cardinals are typically announced ...