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

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are beginning centuries-old rituals to elect a successor to Pope Francis.

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors are set to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as the 2025 papal conclave begins.

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a ...

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

A conclave of as many as 250 Catholic cardinals at the Vatican produced black smoke, indicating no result, following the ...

A change in popes is a complicated process. Centuries-old rituals are involved in the transition in leadership for both the ...

Doesn’t it feel like everyone on social media is a self-described papal expert these days? In today’s issue: Papal conclave ...

The potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.

The conclave to elect a new pope has officially begun, with a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the doors to the ...