President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong also wrote to the new pope to congratulate him.

The largest and most geographically diverse conclave in history was due to resume on Thursday, with Roman Catholic cardinals ...

Cardinals are meeting in Vatican City to choose a new leader for the Catholic Church. This follows the death of Pope Francis.

But what exactly is a cardinal? - High dignitary - A cardinal (from the Latin "cardinalis", or principal) is a high dignitary of the Catholic Church chosen by the pope to assist him in his government.

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost will forever now be known as Pope Leo XIV. At 69 years old, he is seven years younger ...

Follow live coverage as Catholic cardinals elect the next Pope in the highly secretive conclave to lead the Vatican following ...

But like the other African cardinals he is a conservative and hit international prominence with his opposition to blessings of same sex unions. Could the Catholic church deal with a dose of “Marxism”?

The new pontiff, who was chosen as leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday (May 8), has travelled extensively in Asia where ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been announced as the next head of the Catholic Church. He is the first pope from the US and took ...

The Papal Conclave has elected a new Pope as the new head of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church. All we know ...

A rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), has made a strong case for an ...