After the death of Pope Francis on Monday, the question looming around the world is, who will become the next leader of the ...

Regardless of who the successor will be, Traina told ABC News the new papacy will vary from Francis’, since not many candidates hold his stance of being pastorally progressive yet theologically ...

With more than 61 million Catholics and the second-highest number of cardinals after Italy, a guessing game is emerging on ...

Cristina Traina, a religious studies professor at Fordham University, told ABC News that several U.S. cardinals have been floated as possible successors to Francis. "I think its unlikely because ...