Black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday evening, indicating that no pope was elected in the first round ...

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 ...

As cardinals gather in the Sistine Chapel to elect the next pope, the chosen name holds significant meaning. Following ...

The ancient ritual to choose the 267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church commenced yesterday within the hallowed, frescoed ...

A group of Colorado Springs teens traveled to Rome expecting to celebrate a canonization, but instead witnessed the funeral ...

Forty-eight-hundred-and-four miles separate Vatican City from Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral, but a group of faithful gathered ...

Among leading traditionalists, Cardinals Robert Sarah and Raymond Burke have garnered the most media attention. A few ...

Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new ...

With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope ...

Every cardinal has their idea on who the next pope should be, which is the reason why this conclave might go a bit longer ...

"Our students in their lives have only known Pope Francis," Pius X Principal Terry Kathol said, so this is something they are unfamiliar with.

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more ...