Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has become the first-ever American elected as the leader of the Catholic Church -- now known ...

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

Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope.

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

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

Catholic cardinals from around the world gathered in the Vatican on Wednesday for the start of the conclave, the ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church ...

More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the ...

Some have watched it in the cinema,” one cleric involved said, adding that the movie accurately portrays how the conclave ...

Catholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect a new pope.

Cardinals meet to elect Pope Francis’ successor—will the Church continue his inclusive legacy or return to a more ...