As people watched the papal election process unfold, advocates for issues including female clergy expressed hopes and fears ...

The 133 cardinal electors due to choose a successor to the late Pope Francis gathered inside the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on ...

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 ...

The 133 cardinals will remain within the Sistine Chapel and its adjoining buildings in total seclusion until they choose from among themselves the next pope.

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

Catholic cardinal electors from five continents are gathering at the Vatican for the 2025 conclave to select the next pope.

EDITORIAL: It’s long-standing and settled law in the U.S. that priest-penitent discussions are privileged private ...

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

“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 ...

C atholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, a successor to Pope Francis ...

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