Cardinal Blase Cupich visited the Chicago school that became a viral sensation for holding a mini conclave while the real ...

Brazilian Cardinal Leonardo Steiner told America that Pope Leo would carry forward Pope Francis' legacy of synodality in the ...

Pope Leo XIV, right, stands in the Sistine Chapel among cardinals after being elected at the Vatican on May 8, 2025. He ...

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio Siongco David has offered a rare glimpse into the secretive papal conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV.

Cardinal-electors take an oath to maintain “absolute and perpetual secrecy” concerning “all matters directly or indirectly ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the Vatican began the conclave process to elect the new pope. Some students studying at ...

Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms of Pope Francis’ pontificate by having women serve on the Vatican board that vets nominations ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected pope, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church.

Preparations are underway for the election of a successor to Pope Francis. The secretive process, known as the papal conclave, has renewed interest in the 2024 film “Conclave,” an adaptation ...

(The Associated Press and ABC News contributed to this report.) The balloting process for the papal conclave may be shrouded in secrecy, but it is straightforward. Each conclave member writes his ...