Cardinals from around the world gathered in the Vatican Wednesday to elect a new pope following the death of Pope Francis.

The death of Pope Francis has ignited widespread online curiosity about the process of electing the next leader of the ...

Wearing bright red vestments, the cardinals processed down the central aisle of the basilica as the Sistine Chapel’s boys’ ...

At Mass before the conclave that will elect the next pope, the dean of the College of Cardinals urged his brothers to choose ...

C atholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect ...

“We need to welcome and accompany,” said Sue DeFerrari, executive director of MorningStar Renewal Center, a Catholic spiritual center in Miami. “That’s my hope, for the future, that we would not be a ...

The papal conclave begins its secretive process to select the next pope. Here's how to watch and stream the conclave as Ohio ...

Catholic cardinals are filing into the Sistine Chapel for the start of the conclave to elect a new pope to follow Pope ...

As the conclave begins, readers shared on social media their hopes for the next pope. (RNS) — Clergy sexual abuse. Women’s ...

Throughout the 20th century, only two conclaves lasted up to five days − Pope Pius X's election in 1903 and Pope Pius XI's ...

None of the 266 popes in history have been from America. But ten Americans are eligible to vote in the conclave to select the ...

The Vatican says it’s using signal jammers around the Sistine Chapel to prevent electronic surveillance or communication outside the conclave.