The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commenced on ...

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

The ins and outs of the centuries-old papal process hadn’t become a mainstream topic until “Conclave” emerged as one of last ...

Black smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on the evening of Wednesday, May 7, meaning that a new pope was not ...

The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and ...

With the papal conclave under way in the Vatican to select a new pope, many at Holy Name Cathedral prayed Wednesday for the ...

As cardinals gather at the Sistine Chapel to begin voting for a successor to Pope Francis, there is no single frontrunner, ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the ...

The 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next leader of the Catholic Church had their first vote on Wednesday.

The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 ...