The 133 cardinal electors will begin the process of choosing the new pope when the conclave begins in the Sistine Chapel on ...

The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church.

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

USA TODAY will stream coverage of the conclave on its YouTube channel, available here or at the embed below. The first day's livestream is scheduled to run from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 7 ...

An antipope is a person who makes a competing claim to the papacy, in opposition to the legitimately elected pope.

Weeks after Pope Francis death, Trump laughed off questions about AI-generated photo of him as pope. His dismissal comes on ...

The days when European monarchs could veto papal candidates may be long gone, but campaigns to smear cardinals and ...

The UK currently has three cardinals who have flown out to the Vatican to participate in the process. Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols is among the cardinals from the UK helping to elect the ...

The Catholic Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie invites the faithful to participate in one of four special masses in different parts ...

As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals will begin the secretive process known as a conclave.

As the conclave to elect the next pope begins Wednesday at the Vatican, four candidates have emerged as clear ...

Donald Trump denied any involvement in the circulation of an AI-generated image portraying him as the Pope, despite the image ...