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

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

African outreach was among Pope Francis' legacies, observers say, with numerous visits and a message of mercy inspiring ...

Deepening unity among Catholics will be the greatest challenge facing the next pope, who will be elected as early as ...

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio emerged onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after the conclave of March 2013, few ...

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

The 133 cardinals are expected to vote again in the morning after spending the night sequestered at the Vatican residences.

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

Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

Black smoke has poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that no new Pope has been elected.It is the second smoke ...

The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...

As the papal conclave gets underway in Vatican City, Holy Cross Catholic Church pastor Father Noah Carter recalls his experience studying there as a seminarian during the 2013 election of Pope Francis ...