In a mix of fascination, irreverence and possible blasphemy, social media platforms have been flooded with videos and memes ...

No one knows how long it will take to elect the next Pope, but it's predicted to be at least a two or three-day wait.

Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognizing that millions of people all over the world were praying for them, 133 cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel with a singular goal: to elect "a worthy ...

Cardinal electors are meeting in the Sistine Chapel to vote on a new Pope until they have a two-thirds majority. NBC News ...

VATICAN CITY -- The conclave to elect the 267th pope and successor to Pope Francis has gotten underway Wednesday. In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ever, ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — With the cry of “Extra omnes” — Latin for “all out” — the great doors of the Sistine Chapel closed ...

As 133 cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel to begin voting for a new pope, the church's problems and perplexities remain bigger than the sum of the questions posed in the days since Francis died.

Much of the world’s attention is on the Vatican, where conclave has begun and cardinals are meeting to select a successor to ...

As the Catholic Church prepares to elect a new leader, the editors of 'America' remember an extraordinary and beloved pontiff ...

Following the oath of secrecy - which was streamed live by Vatican News - the cardinals will cast their first and only vote of the day in strict privacy behind closed doors ...

The ideological center of the wealthiest, most powerful country would appear to justify a cardinal. What factors are at play?

Theologian Jonathan Morris breaks down the process of the papal conclave vote to select the successor to Pope Francis on ‘The Faulkner Focus.’ ...