Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

Cardinal Michael Czerny said that when Cardinal Robert F. Prevost was elected pope and chose the name Leo XIV, ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

Cardinals from across the world will be shut into the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday for a secretive conclave to elect the next ...

Catholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect a new pope.

The ritual for electing a new pope took social media by storm this week as content creators reacted to the ancient tradition ...

Pope Leo XIV, with his American background, is likely to prioritize the Vatican’s alignment with the West in general, rather ...

A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope.

Pope Leo XIV may bring some new skills to the Petrine office.

Cardinal Robert Prevost on Thursday became the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church.