(VATICAN CITY) -- The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commences on Wednesday, bringing cardinals from all over the world to select ...

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

Cardinals from around the world gathered in the Vatican Wednesday to elect a new pope following the death of Pope Francis.

Channel 2’s Karyn Greer had a chance to talk to the archbishop and auxiliary bishop about the process days before the funeral ...

Catholic churches in Maine are holding special services today while the conclave gets underway in Vatican City ...

The College of Cardinals will meet beginning Wednesday, May 7, 2025, to vote in a papal conclave -- a secret ballot where two ...

All eyes are on the chimney over the Sistine Chapel for signs of white smoke that will herald the election of a new pope.

In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ever, with 108 of them being appointed by Pope ...

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

Papal conclave ballots have been burned to maintain secrecy for centuries. Ballot smoke has been used to announce a decision ...

The black and white smoke that emerges from the Sistine Chapel during a papal conclave is part of a longstanding tradition — ...

While the next pope is almost certainly well-known already in Vatican City, the rest of the world should prepare to be ...