Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

The potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.

The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

Black smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on the evening of Wednesday, May 7, meaning that a new pope was not ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

The process to elect the next Pope's underway, 16 days after the death of Pope Francis. Earlier all 133 voting cardinals ...

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors are set to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as the 2025 papal conclave begins.

Cardinals from 70 countries have gathered at the Vatican to elect a new Pope in the most diverse conclave in history.

Officials of the Catholic Church are gathering to select Pope Francis' successor during the papal conclave. Watch here for ...

The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commenced on ...

As the Catholic Church prepares to elect its next spiritual leader, here’s a detailed look at the centuries-old ritual of the ...