Pope Francis has written a personal letter to the 21 men - bishops and priests from around the world - whom he will raise to the Cardinalate at a consistory set for 8 December, the Solemnity of the ...

A record four English cardinals will serve together for first time as Pope Francis unexpectedly names 79-year-old Father ...

Pope Francis called on the newly-appointed Cardinals-elect of the Roman Catholic Church to embody humility, prayer and ...

A few days after being named a cardinal, Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan got his first piece of advice from Pope Francis: “Don’t forget humor.’ David had a brief audience with the pope on ...

The Pope expressed in a letter Saturday a desire that each of the 21 new cardinals to be added in December will be more of a ...

The Vatican on Saturday published the schedule for Pope Francis’ consistory to create new cardinals, stating that the liturgy ...

A Personal Portrait of Pope Francis, Michael Higgins makes a compelling apology for the Argentina-born pontiff's plans to ...

Following his appointment by Pope Francis as one of the new “princes” of the Catholic Church, Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio ...

While the logistical and structural realities of the College of Cardinals led many observers to surmise that Pope Francis ...

When a pope dies or resigns, it is the cardinals, gathered in conclave in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, who are ...

Pope Francis has named 21 new cardinals. All but one of the new cardinals are under age 80 and thus eligible to vote in a ...

THE English theologian and former global Master of the Dominicans, Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP, is to be created a cardinal by ...