The Telegraph reported that Cardinal Robert Sarah of Guinea is a favorite pick among conservative church leaders. The College of Cardinals will select the successor to Pope Francis. There has ...

The pontiff, who died Monday at the age of 88, periodically disappointed some of his most progressive church supporters. One critic said that Francis “was at heart a conservative” who had a ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis changed the face of the modern papacy more than any predecessor by shunning much of its pomp and privilege, but his attempts to make the Catholic Church more ...

His Christmas speeches to Vatican leaders became ... which called on the church to press for social change on behalf of the poor. Conservative church leaders denounced that theology as Marxist.

Four conservative cardinals formally asked him to clarify himself, issuing “dubia” or questions to him. They argued church doctrine ... it a tradition to use his Christmas greeting to publicly ...