The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

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

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

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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

Black smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on the evening of Wednesday, May 7, meaning that a new pope was not ...

The 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next leader of the Catholic Church made their first vote inside the Sistine Chapel ...

The College of Cardinals have convened for the papal conclave. Several of these cardinals are watching the movie for advice ...

As cardinals gather at the Sistine Chapel to begin voting for a successor to Pope Francis, there is no single frontrunner, ...

Cardinal electors begin voting for new pope in Vatican 2025 conclave, as world waits for signal of white smoke.