White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic ...

The longest conclave since the 20th century began took 14 rounds of balloting across five days, ending with the election of ...

The electors cast paper ballots, and voting continues until one candidate receives a two-thirds majority, or 89 votes. After ...

The papal conclave begins May 7. Here's how cardinals choose the next pope, what to expect and how secretive the process is.

While cardinals were electing Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City, a group of Philadelphia students were selecting a pontiff of ...

All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope ...

The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...

Should the Catholic Church welcome gay families? Should it welcome women at the altar? As 133 cardinals prepare for the 2025 ...

A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the ...

Over the coming days, eyes will search for the billowing white smoke that signals Habemus Papam: “We have a pope.” ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has become the first-ever American elected as the leader of the Catholic Church -- now known by his pontifical name of Pope Leo XIV. The 69-year-old, born on the ...

Thousands of spectators witnessed black smoke emerging in St. Peter's Square as the cardinals failed to decide a new pope ...