The morning began with a Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff at St. Peter's Basilica, and later Wednesday afternoon, ...

The cardinals at the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City vow to follow the rules of the conclave, the process by which the next ...

Here's how it works, a list of contenders to become the next pope and how many conclaves there have been in the last 100 ...

As the conclave to find Pope Francis’ successor continues, the cardinals are not eating gourmet food amid their sequestered ...

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

Pope Leo XIV (formerly Robert Francis Prevost) and other cardinals adhered to many restrictions while inside the conclave.

Many of the cardinals participating were appointed by Pope Francis and have never experienced a conclave for themselves.

Eighteen days after Pope Francis last appeared on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, his successor -- the 267th pope -- ...

A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

Cardinals wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings Tuesday, trying to identify a possible new pope who could follow Pope ...

Well, it seems as though Edward Berger’s Oscar-winning “ Conclave ” could have been a documentary. Life is imitating art as ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...