The Mass precedes the secretive and ritual-filled process to find a new leader of the Catholic Church following the novel ...

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 ...

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

Cardinals from around the world have descended on Rome for the secretive conclave to decide the next pope. Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle are among the top ...

A conclave begins Wednesday to elect the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, a successor to Pope Francis who died in April at the age of 88. NBC News covers the Papal conclave at the Vatican.

Cardinals from around the world will enter the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on Wednesday to begin the private process of ...

“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 ...

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

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ...

“I pray our next Pope embraces and expands on Pope Francis’ resolute passion and dedication to the Beatitudes — and further ...

Throughout the 20th century, only two conclaves lasted up to five days − Pope Pius X's election in 1903 and Pope Pius XI's ...