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

Groups representing survivors made last-minute appeals for the next pontiff to definitively resolve the crisis, which has ...

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 ...

In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...

Bishop Robert Barron discusses the papal conclave as 133 electors gather in the Sistine Chapel to select the new Catholic ...

Black smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, meaning that cardinals did not elect a new pope on the first day of ...

The first papal conclave in 12 years begins on Wednesday at the Vatican after a morning Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. At 4:30 ...

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the ...

As cardinals begin a conclave to choose Pope Francis’ successor, they must decide whether to find a pope who follows his path ...

The ideological center of the wealthiest, most powerful country would appear to justify a cardinal. What factors are at play?

Much of the world’s attention is on the Vatican, where conclave has begun and cardinals are meeting to select a successor to ...

In a mix of fascination, irreverence and possible blasphemy, social media platforms have been flooded with videos and memes ...