The election of a first North American pontiff came after the death of the first Latin American pope and signaled a ...

The door to the Sistine Chapel closed as the cardinals begin the process of choosing the new pope. The conclave starting ...

With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope ...

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

Who will be the next pope? 133 cardinals have started the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope ...

Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first day of the conclave.

With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday ...

Black smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

A few weeks before Francis’ death, much was made about his pointed criticism of a certain American politician’s ...

The observance also marks the beginning of the Paschal Mystery — Holy Thursday or Maundy Thursday ... “We put it on the door. Or if you have a cross, you put it on the back of the cross ...