Cardinal Kevin Farrell is a key figure in the papal succession because ... He gave him the cardinal’s red hat months later. As prefect, Cardinal Farrell oversaw the planning of the World Meeting ...

Among the frontrunners is Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, 67, a.k.a. the “The Asian Francis”. His parishioners ...

Around 250,000 mourners paid their respects to Pope Francis during the three-day public viewing at St. Peter’s Basilica ...

Francis’s body is dressed in red robes ... Mr. Allen predicted that Cardinal Re — a veteran Vatican official who is regarded as an influential figure in the Vatican — would handle the ...

Vatican City: Vatican on Tuesday released first images of Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and a ...

Instead, Francis sought to internationalize the College of Cardinals, giving red hats to ... is also a figure likely to influence proceedings, as could Ghanian Cardinal Peter Turkson, who runs ...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has been quietly ... Tagle isn’t merely a figure in red vestments appearing at formal Vatican ceremonies. He’s active on social media, from time to time popping ...

Francis' death set off the process of allowing the faithful to pay their final respects, first for Vatican officials in the ...

To my backyard feeder: robins, sparrows, wrens — little brown birds, mostly, with the occasional red cardinal ... I deliberately didn’t ask for the figure. Guys have a way of turning every ...

Pope Francis was a man of remarkable complexity who cultivated an image of utmost simplicity. He began the moment he first ...